Oh, and Paulaner’s Oktoberfest Marzen should be relatively easy to come by and is still one of the better ones I’ve found
[uck fay] me, I left off one of my favorites, Bearden Beer Market. They’ve been making some really really good beers of their own. They started brewing around March of 2020 and as you all know, we came into a lot of free time about then as well. I think I had 65-75 of their beers last year. Maybe more, if I looked at Untapped.
Found some KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa last night. One of last years specials, the Mackinac Fudge, was fantastic so I have high hopes. I’m not a big fan of the Espresso (or many coffee beers for that matter) so I skipped it this year
Early opinion after I just opened it and let it get to temperature, kind of reminds me of the Stone Barrel Aged Xocaveza but much better. Outside of Espresso, all of the KBS’s have been some of the exceptions to the coffee beer rule for me. They do a good job of balancing the coffee with the other flavors. The super coffee forward stuff just doesn’t always work for me for whatever reason, and I love coffee Don’t get me wrong, Espresso is good, but not something I can justify spending 25 dollars per 4 pack on
Back to the Oktoberfest question, the Hutton and Smith Oktoberfest is very good. They are a pretty rock solid brewery
the seasonal IPA Highland put out is pretty good. Rustic Ridge or something like that. Seems like Highland does most things right
Highland is always good and always consistent. I don’t know that they ever do anything great, but you always know what you’re getting.
So there were two “wheat beers” that I legitimately enjoyed (not counting Trappist style beers as wheats because it’s a different animal). Generally speaking, I am not at all a wheat beer guy One is Three Floyd’s Gumballhead, but Three Floyd’s rarely misses on anything The other is Bell’s Oberon. Just a really good, clean, refreshing beer Bell’s also has Uberon, which is a bourbon barrel aged Oberon. Holy shit y’all. There are now three wheat beers that I legitimately enjoy Fair warning, at 11.3% it will knock you on your ass in a hurry if you aren’t careful
I’ve always been a big fan of Three Floyds. It’s about ten miles south of where my mom grew up. Can’t get it around here, but I always get some when I’m in Indiana.
Hopefully y’all get distribution soon, we have it in Mid-TN. So I pick up Gumballhead and Zombie Dust, in particular, quite a bit
Been drinking this over here, it’s delicious https://www.birrificioangeloporetti.it/en/beer/7-luppoli-la-fiorita