OFests available in MN ('14) impressions page

Too early, ZAP! Try me again in about a month.

P.S. Sam Adams Oktoberfest was better -- last year.

 

We're abbreviating Oktoberfest now

 

It is working its way down to OF @Stimulus199, that way when people want to talk of OFs in prepositional phrases, we will all be really confused. Personally, I'm looking forward to it

 

I had to click on this thread just to see what the hell that trainwreck of a title meant...

 

I bet that if you still had your muscle man avatar they wouldn't have said anything. They're nothing but OFest hating girly men. [here is where I'd add an emoticon, but my phone won't let me]

 

Compared with what some people post in the Midwest forums now, Zap's easily getting a bye.

I will participate further in the thread in a few weeks. Hope it was a bad day for Summit Oktoberfest. I always liked it and buy a couple 12-packs a year. It is by no means close to style, but an imperial version. Lakefront I fail to believe they put out quality product. If it gets your seal of approval, I will buy a sixer. Still reminisce about $12 twelve packs of Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest. Those got me through six months of the year. Stupid importer.

 

I thought someone was offering O faces.

 

I thought it actually some new beer festival called O Fest.

 

The Oktoberfest and Fuel Café swore me off of all Lakefront brews years ago.

 

Apologize? Why would you apologize. The title of this thread couldn't be any more clear. Honestly, unless you are clinically stupid, OFest is obviously slang for Octoberfest. Some people can't help but be dicks, it's how they were raised. Fuck them.

 

Ahem, on to the thread! Tried two OFest type beers this evening. Both Sierra Nevada offerings from their fall pack. A Vienna Lager and an Oktoberfest. Personally, as much as I enjoy a nice rich, Munich malt heavy OF, the versions brewed in the US (that's the United States) tend to focus way to fucking much on the malt. Yes, malt is a component of OF, but like most old school Deutsch lagers, it's all about balance. Sierra Nevada's version is ok. It hits all the right notes, but tastes like an instant coffee version of the real thing. Nothing special. Their Vienna Lager on the other hand blew me away. Malty, crisp, balanced, beautiful!

 

I'll add this, and perhaps back track a bit. SN's OF isn't bad. Not at all. It's just a bit "heavy" for my personal taste when it comes to OFest. Almost like Doppelbock Lite if that makes sense. I can't picture myself drinking a couple of liters of this in München at the end of Sept. A fine beer none the less.

 

OK...my post was dickish. Sorry about that. I meant no offense, but I can certainly see how some was taken. I wasn't worked up at all, nor did I mean to rile everyone up.

So, beer. I like it. I think the last Oktoberfest I've had was Leinekugel's. Probably not a good example of the style. I'd be keen to try Surlyfest, but is it $17 like all their other seasonals?

 

I had some of this year's Summit Oktoberfest. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly notable either.

Who else is brewing an Oktoberfest locally?

 

Has anyone seen Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Uber-Oktoberfest around the Cities? I picked up a four-pack late in the season last year and remember enjoying it--even if it's not at all representative of the style.