Lager Life
Confluence Brewing Company

Once you fully embrace the Lager Life, it becomes apparent that a single crisp, clean, and brilliantly clear brew is not enough for a proper Oktoberfest celebration. Naturally, we grabbed our good friends at Lua—who are themselves rigorous adherents to the tenets of the Lager Life—to help us brew up a companion to our regularly scheduled Märzen. Full bodied, malty, and balanced, Märzen was named the official beer of Oktoberfest in 1872, but—because the only constant in life is change—Festbier took over the German celebration in the 1990s. Still malty, though not as rich or golden in color, the Festbier is a lighter and more quaffable version of the Märzen, and is easier to consume by the liter throughout a long festival day.