2018 Fall Seasonal Sightings???

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  1. beeragent

    beeragent Pooh-Bah (1,850) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    Several breweries in Austin make a seasonal Oktoberfest, but whether they're available to go is another question. To name a couple, Celis and Hops & Grain both have one, but I'm not sure if they're available outside the brewery.
     
    #41 beeragent, Sep 4, 2018
  2. Roadkizzle

    Roadkizzle Initiate (0) Nov 6, 2007 Texas

    Huh, I hadn't seen anything from Celis about an Oktoberfest just a lot about their selection of IPAs. Is it an Uncle Billy's or Pedernales branded Oktoberfest?
     
    #42 Roadkizzle, Sep 4, 2018
  3. beeragent

    beeragent Pooh-Bah (1,850) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    It's being brewed for their Oktoberfest party on the 15th. There's more info on their Facebook page.
     
    #43 beeragent, Sep 5, 2018
  4. Roadkizzle

    Roadkizzle Initiate (0) Nov 6, 2007 Texas

    Yes .I saw they posted about it just about 2 hours after I asked about it. Looking back on their page I can't find any others posts about it. That's good though.

    It looks like Hi Sign also is having an Oktoberfest party. I assume they'll have a beer for it.
     
    #44 Roadkizzle, Sep 5, 2018
  5. Roadkizzle

    Roadkizzle Initiate (0) Nov 6, 2007 Texas

    I'm drinking Legal Draft's pale festbier when I go to the brewery now. I think last year's was more in line with the actual German variations but this years is still tasty.

    My wife and I both thought that it tasted like bread with honey slathered on. But also a little floral, so maybe with wildflower honey.
     
    #45 Roadkizzle, Sep 9, 2018
  6. beeragent

    beeragent Pooh-Bah (1,850) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    So after buying way too many six packs of every available Oktoberfest that I could find, I slowed down and made a mixed six at Total Wine of the Oktoberfests I've yet to try this season. One of them was the Nine Band Ghost Cow Oktoberfest. The can looked cool, but that's where it stopped. On pouring the beer, I could smell a funk to it, but couldn't quite pinpoint it. When I drank it, it was about as sour as a Berliner weiss. I checked some other reviews, but no one mentioned theirs being sour/tart. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm assuming my can was infected somehow. Thanks,
     
    #46 beeragent, Sep 18, 2018
  7. icetrauma

    icetrauma Pooh-Bah (1,657) Sep 7, 2004 Texas
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    Scored a 4 pk of Ayinger Marzen at TW today. And Shiner Oktoberfest is terrible this year.
     
    #47 icetrauma, Sep 18, 2018
  8. beeragent

    beeragent Pooh-Bah (1,850) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    I didn't think Shiner's Oktoberfest was too bad (at least no worse than years past), but I'm definitely looking forward to trying their barrel aged Marzen!!
     
    #48 beeragent, Sep 18, 2018
  9. icetrauma

    icetrauma Pooh-Bah (1,657) Sep 7, 2004 Texas
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    Didn’t know about that one. Any more details on it?
     
    #49 icetrauma, Sep 18, 2018
  10. Roadkizzle

    Roadkizzle Initiate (0) Nov 6, 2007 Texas

    I agree, Shiners wasn't really bad but it wasn't anything to go back for.

    It was much better a few years ago.
     
    #50 Roadkizzle, Sep 18, 2018
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  11. Roadkizzle

    Roadkizzle Initiate (0) Nov 6, 2007 Texas

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  12. beeragent

    beeragent Pooh-Bah (1,850) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    I'm sure I wont get a lot of love for this, but Elysian pumpkin ales have finally shown up. Their schwarzbier version is mighty tasty! Has anyone seen Ballast Points Pumpkin Down yet? Looking on their beer finder, it hasn't really hit here in San Antonio yet.
     
    #52 beeragent, Sep 25, 2018
  13. HKemhorns

    HKemhorns Crusader (409) Apr 12, 2009 Texas

    That description sounded familiar, so I looked up the beer on Untappd. Sure enough, I had it a little over a year ago. My description - "Very flat, with an odd sourness."
     
    #53 HKemhorns, Sep 28, 2018
  14. beeragent

    beeragent Pooh-Bah (1,850) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    Ok, thanks the reply!
     
    #54 beeragent, Sep 28, 2018
  15. beeragent

    beeragent Pooh-Bah (1,850) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    So has anyone found the Spoetzl small batch Marzen, aged in Balcones barrels? I thought I had read somewhere that it was being released on October 1st, but I haven't seen any further mention of it.
     
    #55 beeragent, Oct 3, 2018
  16. icetrauma

    icetrauma Pooh-Bah (1,657) Sep 7, 2004 Texas
    Pooh-Bah

    Haven’t seen it.
     
    #56 icetrauma, Oct 4, 2018
  17. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    Thanks for the reminder, on my watch list
     
    #57 donspublic, Oct 4, 2018
  18. icetrauma

    icetrauma Pooh-Bah (1,657) Sep 7, 2004 Texas
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    HEB PEARLAND just posted in stock.
     
    #58 icetrauma, Oct 18, 2018
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  19. ilikebeer03

    ilikebeer03 Pooh-Bah (2,616) Oct 17, 2012 Texas
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    Will be very interested to see how Shiner's go at barrel aging turns out.
    Very interesting choice to barrel age, too.
     
    #59 ilikebeer03, Oct 18, 2018
  20. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    Untapped has been favorable to it
     
    #60 donspublic, Oct 18, 2018
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