Fall(or almost Fall) releases

voodoo_donut 2018-08-24 13:46:33 UTC #1

So I was hitting the neighborhood Publix last night and there it was, a big display of Sierra Nevada 2018 Oktoberfest, a collaboration with Weihenstephaner.......

Wow, just Wow.

Beautiful pour, bready and malty and a perfect Oktoberfest Lager. Everything
You look for in this style. Highly recommended.

snowcapt 2018-08-24 15:26:07 UTC #2

New Glarus did a great job with Staghorn, too.
I had a fire the other night and had a few of the staghorns.
Fall is coming in fast...

Rburrelli 2018-08-24 15:47:54 UTC #3

Lots of people look forward to their annual collaboration. Glad you liked it. I have not tried it yet, but some on the AHA forum seem to think last years was better. Living in Pittsburgh I went to Penn Brewery and tried their recently. Really good. I will have to seek out the Sierra Nevada for comparison.

porkchop 2018-08-24 16:40:29 UTC #4

Just picked up a 6-er of this over lunchtime based on this thread... Looking forward to cracking one open tonight!

sneezles61 2018-08-24 19:51:06 UTC #5

Awww, just picked up Summits O-fest! I'll be looking forward to sampling it in a few hours... With that said, I really enjoy many O-fests, well, some better than others.. The ones I will be looking forward to the most, is the locals up north! Sneezles61

radagast 2018-08-24 22:33:48 UTC #6

Thanks for the recc, it’s delicious

Rad

sneezles61 2018-08-25 01:25:12 UTC #7

So my tasting of Summits O-fest... Full bodied brew... spicy-ness from some hops... Excellent quaffer! Get it while its fresh! Sneezles612

loopie_beer 2018-08-25 02:04:54 UTC #8

Can’t drink ofest yet. Just can’t do it. Refuse to. But next weekend is the start of September so IT IS ON!

I can’t wait to try their product this year. I have been pleased the past couple years with last year being better than the first.

snowcapt 2018-08-25 09:50:12 UTC #9

Aug-toberfest.
It's a thing.
Now I'll make like Santa and leave your presence.

voodoo_donut 2018-10-01 22:28:02 UTC #10

Fall is finally here, at least according to the calendar and still many Fall beers to sample.......
Found Cigar City's Oktoberfest at Total Wine (in addition to picking up some more of the Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest, love that stuff)
CC's is more of a Maerzen, bigger bodied than a festbier, and very nice also. Probably not too widely distributed for those of you in the northern tier unfortunately....

Fall.

My favorite beery time of the year!

sneezles61 2018-10-02 00:53:56 UTC #11

AND, Summit has their Oktoberfest out too! OMG... We do get a few others around here... it just seems that Summits is such a full bodied, malt, balanced brew... I really can't explain how well it tastes... I would suspect their own specialty malt makes the diff... Sneezles61

wilcolandzaat 2018-10-02 08:47:51 UTC #12

Me off friday to a october fest party. At the BREWERY they did order lots. Of october fest. And different kind of bock. Looking forward. Maybe inspiration to brew a bock my self

sneezles61 2020-08-21 00:39:33 UTC #13

Yep..... It's a great time to pull this one up and wipe the dust off.
I had a Spaten O-fest this past W/E... Beautiful!
Now, found Hacker-Pschorr O-fest... Beautiful also... Then just below H-P... Weihenstephaner... I don't recall trying this one.... Another beautiful brew...
The malt... lacking any form of hops in yer face bitter thingy...
3 different breweries... yet quite similar. I will call it Terrior...
Have any of you come close to this "flavor"?
Sneezles61

voodoo_donut 2020-08-21 12:16:26 UTC #14

I'll have to pick some of those up. This is one of those times where you know they'll be fairly fresh. Tough to get fresh beer from Europe sometimes here and the datestamps are historically difficult to interpret/absent.

My wife spied the Sam Adams Ofest at the grocery and got me a 12 pack. It's very good, a Maerzen type.

My ofest is a Festbier type, but it's still in Diacetyl rest currently, and will need to lager a bit to be best.

voodoo_donut 2020-08-21 19:35:43 UTC #15

Went out to the beer store today and I found the Weihenstephaner version also also picked up the Ayinger.....

sneezles61 2020-08-21 21:00:29 UTC #16

I also had a choice of Weihenstephaner' premium lager... Next trip..
Sneezles61

sneezles61 2020-08-21 21:02:45 UTC #17

Now I'm wondering out loud... Nephew brought an Ayinger dark wheat back from Germany years ago... I recall that being very good also... I'll have to look... Thought I saved the bottle...
Sneezles61

voodoo_donut 2020-09-23 23:39:12 UTC #18

Pumpkin ale’s are out in force at our local Total Wine. This is always a nice example, although this year a little too heavy on the spices for me....but still good.

voodoo_donut 2020-09-25 20:31:14 UTC #19

Might be my new favorite......Until something better comes along

voodoo_donut 2020-09-26 21:19:11 UTC #20

Pretty big beer on brew day but I’m almost done. It’s a pretty good, reliable imperial pumpkin ale, 8.6% alcohol by volume.