Give a Left Hand to International Left-Handers Day

Not only is today Friday the 13 (scary), it is also International Left-Handers Day (double scary).  In the Dark Ages before 1976 left handed people were considered witches or spawns of Satan.  In 1976 the LHLA, Left Handed Liberation Army, decreed that every August 13 would be International Left-Handers Day.  It would be a day to bring awareness of the inconvenience of using scissors with the wrong hand.  The 90-93% of the rest of the world allowed the South Paws to have this day so as to avoid the Evil Left Hand of Death.

To keep the South Paws at bay today, it is recommended to be seen drinking a beer from Left Hand Brewing.  I grabbed the first Left Hand beer I saw, which was a display of Oktoberfest Märzen Lager. I know, Oktoberfest comes earlier and earlier each year.

12 oz bottle poured into a Franziskaner .5 L glass.  As a side note, this glass has been getting a lot of use lately.  It's great for lagers and wheats.  I recommend getting one.  An inch of rocky looking head quickly recedes to a tight cap of foam on the surface.  Marbled lacing surrounds the glass with each sip.  Body color is a bright and clear amber orange.

Smell is a spicy noble hops with a dry biscuity hops.  There is some hints of cloves, but not very strong.  Taste is more malty.  More bready with a touch of uncut oranges.  Hops give a subtle spicy tone.  It starts off citrusy and finishes with more of a spice bite.

Mouthfeel is a medium body, maybe a little on the lighter side.  Carbonation could probably use a little extra kick to cut the sticky texture, but overall it is mostly in the right place.  Very nice drinkability, I could easily get into the Oktoberfest spirit and put a few down in short time.