8 oktoberfest beers you should drink right now

[buffdaddy]

Nice breakdown of Oktoberfest brews from Coolmaterial.com. What do you Gents think? Would of loved to see Revolution's Oktoberfest brew included.

http://coolmaterial.com/home/drinks/8-oktoberfest-beers-you-should-drink-right-now/


You might not be sitting under a tent in Munich wearing lederhosen, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy some Oktoberfest beer. The rich and caramel sweet Märzen usually clocks in around 4-6% ABV, making it a flavorful style you can drink a few of (or a maß of). Here are eight we recommend stocking your fridge with for your festivities.

 

[Icecold Dan]

Interesting that Spaten didn't make the list. A classic example.

 

[Brian G r a f s t r o m]

Augustiner makes the Oktoberfest, imo. I also dig Lowenbrau's, too.

 

[MrLara]

Only ones i've seen around here are the Firestone Oak-toberfest, and the Avery Kaiser. I'll make sure to get them next time.

 

[ByMyBeard]

Anyone know where Firestone Walker beers are distributed to? I'd love to get my hands on some of their stuff.

I think I saw the Victory brew at my local shop. I'll have to hunt it down next time I go to the store.

 

[mr_economy]

They left out the #2 rated Oktoberfest style beer on Ratebeer.com: Free State Octoberfest. Not widely available, but it's delicious.

 

[MrLara]

Anyone know where Firestone Walker beers are distributed to? I'd love to get my hands on some of their stuff.

I think I saw the Victory brew at my local shop. I'll have to hunt it down next time I go to the store.

I've seen their stuff at Whole Foods, World Market, Quicktrip gas stations and lately i've spotted their beers at Tom Thumb.

This might help (i hope):
http://www.firestonebeer.com/find/

 

[gibsonx4]

Those look good.

 

[reverseapachemaster]

Hacker is by far the best on the list.

 

[gmrv4]

They left out the #2 rated Oktoberfest style beer on Ratebeer.com: Free State Octoberfest. Not widely available, but it's delicious.

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By far my favorite OKtoberfest beer and fall seasonal for that matter. Nailed it.

 

[Rushman2112]

The one time I made it to Munich for the Oktoberfest, two of us exhaustively tested over a week: Hacker was consistently the best, Spaten and Tucher were pretty good. To be fair, nothing was less than good(!)

 

[old_skool]

Always a good wheat beer Paulaner Helles hefeweizen, Paulaner Dunkles hefeweizen, Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen, and Tucher Dunkles Hefe Weizen

 

[iTimbot]

Hefeweizens are ok, but they're not Fest biers or maerzens.

I think the victory Fest bier is excellent, a little underrated in my opinion. Also, I think hacker pschorr is my least favorite maerzen from the big Munich 6. Hofbraus is probably the best, with augustiner a very close second.

I don't know about a Fest beer that's ten percent alcohol, that's kind of against the spirit of the Fest. The idea is to drink beer all damn day.... You barely get a liter in if you're doing a ten percenter.

That's my opinion, anyway. I do live near the firestone walker brewery, so I'm going to pick up some oaktoberfest soon.

 

[Gig103]

Augustiner makes the Oktoberfest, imo. I also dig Lowenbrau's, too.

Augustiner is my favorite but I can't find it anywhere in the States.

 

[Brian G r a f s t r o m]

Yeah, I haven't seen it in the States, either.

 

[tlentz]

What about this local one? It's pretty darn good!

BA SCORE 91 outstanding 1,748 Ratings THE BROS 100 world-class (view ratings) Ratings: 1,748 Reviews: 553 rAvg: 4.07 pDev: 12.04% Wants: 167 Gots: 182 | FT: 4 Brewed by: Great Lakes Brewing Co. Ohio, United States Style | ABV Märzen / Oktoberfest | 6.50% ABV

 

[buffdaddy]

Anyone know where Firestone Walker beers are distributed to? I'd love to get my hands on some of their stuff.

I think I saw the Victory brew at my local shop. I'll have to hunt it down next time I go to the store.

http://www.firestonebeer.com/find/


Also check out www.beermenus.com

 

[buffdaddy]

Augustiner is my favorite but I can't find it anywhere in the States.

Yeah I haven't seen the Oktoberfest either. But I know Binny's here in the Chicago area sells their other brews.

http://www.binnys.com/all/Augustiner#/?page=1

 

[OriginalCrash]

Anyone here had Westbrook's Marzen or Left Hand's Octoberfest?

 

[jlanger]

So far I've had the victory, Surly, Ayinger, and Hacker Pschorr, I could have had the New Glarus but didn't get to Sconsin quick enough for it

I liked the Surly (can an oktoberfest be hoppy? apparently yes) and Ayinger very well. Though I found a better local beer Lake Superior Brewing Company Oktoberfest that I liked better.