Best 2017 Oktoberfest, So Far

I have a Weihenstephaner in the fridge for the online Oktoberfest tasting on the 23rd, then I suppose the Surly will be mooter than it is now

 

I'll be back on pa mid oct, looking forward to Sly Fox Fest beer and a few others to bring back.

 

Yuengling Lord Chesterfield in cans?

Cheers!

 

I've had 4 so far : Weihenstephaner,Genesee,Two Roads, & Hacker-Pschorr.
The original (of course!), H-P, by a head, over Two Roads. : )

 

Definately. I'd love to go to B

Definately. Plus a trip to Brauhaus Schmidt if I can manage that.

 

My favorite this year is from the Brew Kettle.

Also like Penn and Great Lakes.

 

If not there, check out Frankford Hall in Fishtown if you haven't yet. I love that place. Their annual Oktoberfest celebration is this weekend, actually. I might go.

 

Nice to know , anything downtown is a hassle with the traffic.

 

So far it's been Sierra Nevada's colab fest bier but I'm picking up some Ayinger fest bier later today so this might change lol.

 

But isn't it pretty safe to say that most current style guidelines were written to describe those beers? If those beers "nail the characteristics" of the guidelines, it's not really a reason to give the beers any credit (but rather, the guideline writers instead). I say this as a fan of drinking those beers.

 

How about credit for establishing the style characteristics to begin with? Would you take credit away from Fuller's for setting the bar for ESB? Or SN for the benchmark it set for APA?

Yeah, it could be a chicken or the egg sort of argument, but I can't take credit away from those who originated the style in the first place.

 

I was just reading the beer list for Oktoberfest Cincinnati (sorry, Zinzinnati) and noticed this:

NEWLY ANNOUNCED: Goose Island/Spaten Collaboration: Keller Märzen
Goose Island Beer Co. traveled overseas to brew a limited release beer, Keller Märzen, with Spaten. The result is a smooth, malty and unfiltered amber lager with light, bready sweetness and a delicate German hop character. The beer was brewed in March, just as all German Märzen beers have been for centuries.

 

Apparently going to be draft-only.

 

Yeah, I'll take no credit away for establishing benchmarks.

 

Aside from perpetuating the false history of Märzenbier, I'll say it...

ISO.

 

I kind of figured it would be, unfortunately.

 

I also did not detect any diacetyl in my half liter of Ayinger.

 

Ah okay. Well if you are in SEPA Fat Head's can be found at Wegman's KOP. This was my first year having it and I really enjoyed it.

 

As luck would have it I picked up a case of fat heads yesterday. It is a wonderful oktoberfest..maybe my new favorite.

 

There is NO SPATEN in my grocery store. I mention it because there is NO SPATEn at my store at all!