Oktoberfest Blind Beer Tasting Extravaganza Vol. 6

51m · Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast · 20 Sep 09:00

We're so busy festin' this year that we had to do an extra episode to work in our annual Oktoberfest blind beer tasting. But, we're dedicated so we made it happen.

We (OK, Brian) grabbed 5 German and 5 American takes on the the Festbier and Marzen styles and we blind tasted them and picked our favorites. In keeping with tradition we had some big, soft pretzels (praise be to QT) and some brats, and a bit of fish dip. We enjoyed these before and after tasting so we didn't mess up our delicate palates, and had some plain crackers and coffee to clear out our taste and smell.

As always, this was a fun show to do. Hard to argue with drinking through some great Oktoberfest beers. There were some definite surprises this year, and a few that performed as expected. Prost!

The Beer List (In alphabetical order)

Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen - Märzen
Bell's Octoberfest Beer - Märzen
Hacker-Pschorr Oktboberfest Märzen - Märzen
Hofbräuhaus München Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier - Festbier
Paulaner Oktboberfest Märzen - Märzen
Sam Adams Octoberfest - Märzen
Sierra Nevada / Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei - Festbier
Victory Festbier - Festbier
Warsteiner Oktoberfest - Märzen
Yuengling Oktoberfest - Märzen

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