Fall Beer Sightings (2023)

Is this years Sam Adams fall variety pack the same as last years ?

 

No, it's on their site. Okto, Jack-Off, Hoppy Lager which sounds like German pils, and Flannel Fest - a "Munich dunkel".

 

Oh wonder if the Festbier is gone then. If it only lasted 2 years then typical Sam Adams.

 

Looks like it, and I think around here it was just this one time.

 

Festbier was really good. I’ll try this though. The fall variety is usually a winner

 

I just received an e-mail from a local beer shop with lots of fall beers listed:

*** Here Come The Pumpkin Beers !!!
16oz 4pk & Single Cans
Lone Pine
Pumpkin Party

12oz 4pk & Single Bottles
Southern Tier
Caramel Pumking

12oz 6pk Cans
21st Amendment
Pumpkin Haze IPA

12oz 6pk & Single Bottles
Heavy Seas
Greater Pumpkin
Bourbon Barrel Aged

12oz 6pk Cans
Evil Genius
Trick or Treat
Chocolate Pumpkin Porter

12oz 6pk Bottles
Schlafly
Pumpkin Ale

12oz 6pk Bottles
Elysian
Night Owl Pumpkin

12oz 6pk Bottles
Lancaster
Baked Pumpkin

12oz 6pk Cans
Vodoo
Atomic Pumpkin

12oz 12pk Variety Bottles
Elysian
Pumpkin Variety

16oz 4pk & Single Cans
Lone Pine
Pumpkin

16oz 4pk & Single Cans
Rusty Rail
Pumpkin Swirl

16oz 4pk & Single Cans
Free Will
Punkless Dunkel

16oz 4pk Cans
Conshohocken
Nightmare On East Elm Street

12oz 6pk Cans
Fat Heads
Oktoberfest

12oz 6pk Cans
Troegs
Oktoberfest

12oz 6pk Cans
Sierra Nevada
Oktoberfest

12oz 6pk Cans
Evil Genius
Is Butter A Carb ? Oktoberfest

12oz 6pk Bottles or 6pk Cans
Great Lakes
Oktoberfest

12oz 6pk Bottles
Paulaner
Oktoberfest

12oz 6pk Bottles
Hacker
Pschorr Oktoberfest

12oz 6pk Bottles
Yuengling
Oktoberfest

Cheers!

 

Wondering if SE VA will see the Lone Pine Pumpkin (we get IPAs) or the Evil Genius Octo (we see IPAs and PB stout and pumpkin)

And damn you Fat Heads for not distributing to this fine state

 

Yeah, that is a shame. A few days ago I purchased a six-pack of Head Hunter; I always buy this beer when I see that it is fresh.

Cheers!

 

Does anyone know if this is a US-only beer? I’m not seeing it in Germany yet. Sounds absurd, I know, but the label is in English and it isn’t listed on their website, so it has me thinking…

 

I think it's been mentioned before that it's an export-only, but maybe available at the brewery?

Look for the Kirtabier -- may be a reasonable substitute.

 

I dont see the rationale in getting rid of the Festbier because its such a classic style that will always sell that you cant go wrong with. The only rationale is thats what Sam Adams does. They dont keep anything around for too long but they keep Cherry Wheat around for years and years. That one is obviously a troll from them. You cant convince me otherwise.

 

Better than their Okto.

 

Obviously that role is served by Jack-O, the punkin' beer.

 

The same place got a bunch more Oktos in the last two days including the SN one, which is not showing up in the beer finder yet. But the ones from today were not in the system yet, so I had to leave without them. I did get Toppling Goliath (boring) and Founders (surprisingly nice) yesterday.

 

Right, I figured as much reading the description on their website. Thanks for the insight!

 

Agree. Would love to hear the reason the Festbier is not coming back. It was an outstanding beer.

 

Total Wine in my area says it’s in store.

https://www.totalwine.com/search/all?text=Samuel Adams Festbier

 

I don’t think that’s accurate though.

Edit: On Untappd the beer is recently checked in for multiple people with pictures of bottles and cans.

 

Just got back from a run to my local Total Wine and the fall beers are now starting to hit the shelves:

Oktoberfest märzens and festbiers that I remember seeing:
Schell's, Summit, Excelsior Brewing, Toppling Goliath, Destihl, Revolution, Half Acre, Three Floyds, Central Waters, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Hofbräuhaus, and Spaten Ur-Märzen (that is a year-rounder here though)

Pumpkin: Elysian Night Owl Six packs and the Elysian Pumpkin Variety Pack, Sam Adams

 

I honestly don't get the love for that Festbier. Sure, it is a little better than their Octoberfest, but that isn't tough. Maybe a lot of you guys don't have access to good, local Festbiers? We have quite a few in MN that put Sam Adams to shame.

I am tempted to get the variety pack because of the Hoppy Lager and Dunkel, but I don't want the Octoberfest and that really crappy pumpkin ale. Also, I am sure the two new ones will be pedestrian, as usual.