For the past three years Iʻve bought lots of Oktoberfest (Octoberfest, Festbier, Marzen et al) brews to review. Did I review them. Nada. But I did enjoy them. This year Iʻve decided to actually review a few. Ahh. The memories. But first I wanted to talk about Ocktoberfest. The inter-web tells us that this is a 16-day German beer festival that occurs in late September/early October. You can Google the rest of the history and Ocktobefest vs Octoberfest vs. Festbier vs Marzen. Too confusing. But here in the states… it comes in late July…. thatʻs when the brews start heading out. Iʻve bought cases, mini-kegs, singles… all hit the shelves in August. Ah, more to that story. I remember Founders (Octoberfest and Ultimate Oktoberfest), Wild Leap, Bells. Reformation, Sam Adams, Bold Monk, Victory, Warsteiner, Edmundʻs Oast and a slew of others. Warsteiner….that kinda triggers me. In August I decided to…
