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OKTO-BOMB: OKTOBERFEST-Y BEERS TO GET YOU READY FOR OKTOBERFEST BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 10, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Honest Pint, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE

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Yes yes yes, we know. It feels like it’s too early to talk about pumpkin ales, fall seasonals, and Oktoberfest beers. But here’s a sobering reminder: Seasons change. So deal with it. And as it pertains to your drinking life in town in the very near future, here’s a way to do just that.

 

Cast aside whatever fear and loathing you have for a repeat of last year’s cold season, which tends to intensify at the end of summer, and get ahead of it all by hitting up Oktoberfest Boston. Since we’re putting out the event, we figured now would be a good time to highlight a handful of the authentic Oktoberfest beers swooping in Sept 18 and 19 at the Park Plaza Castle for two days of beer-garden sudsy madness.

 

There will be unlimited sampling of over 40 different traditional German and American Oktoberfest beers (as well as half- and full-pint pours), the Boston Oktoberfest Girls adorned in traditional Bavarian dirndls, authentic Oompah music, a stein-holding contest held by Sam Adams, and, naturally, bratwurst. Ah, the bratwurst. So get in the Munich-y mood with this snapshot of a couple Oktoberfests from the motherland as well as the US. It’s either that or download a lot of polka music.

 

HP_Hackerpshorr_300Hacker-Pschorr

Birthplace: Munich, Germany

Bringing: Oktoberfest

Taste snapshot: Clean, toasty, touch of malt with a slight hop bite on the finish.

Fun fact: They are one of the few breweries on tap at the actual Munich Oktoberfest.

 

 

HP_Hofbrau_300Hofbrau

Birthplace: Bavaria

Bringing: Oktoberfest

Taste snapshot: Bottom fermented, dry finish, floral hop notes.

Fun fact: There’s a famous song penned in 1935 celebrating them that translates to “In Munich there’s a Hofbrauhaus—one, two, and down the hatch!” that you should learn in German and sing at the event.

 

 

HP_Peak_300Peak Organic

Birthplace: Portland, Maine

Bringing: Hop Harvest Oktoberfest

Taste snapshot: Somewhere between a German Oktoberfest and an IPA.

Fun fact: They use a Maine farm to procure locally grown hops for their brews.

 

 

HP_Shiner_300Spoetzl Brewery/Shiner

Birthplace: Shiner, Texas

Bringing: Shiner Oktoberfest

Taste snapshot: Dry, moderate hops, almost a biscuit-y breadiness to it.

Fun fact: Shiner has only been available in the Hub for about a year.

DIG STAFF

Dig Staff means this article was a collaborative effort. Teamwork, as we like to call it.

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Filed Under: COLUMNS, Honest Pint, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Backlash Ricochet, Bavarian Märzenbier, Baxter Hayride, be hoppy, beer garden, Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin, bratwurst, craft beer, Foolproof Raincloud Porter, Germany, Hacker-Pschorr, Harpoon, Hofbrau, Jack-O Traveler, Konig Ludwig Dunkel, Leinenkugel Harvest Patch, Long Trail Harvest, Maibock, Märzen, Munich, Not Your Father’s Rootbeer, Notch Pils, oktoberfest, Otter Creek Fresh Slice, park plaza castle, Paulaner Hefeweizen, peak organic, Sam Adams, Shiner Texas, Shiner White Wing, Shipyard Pumpkinhead, Smashed Pumpkin, Spoetzl Brewery, The Shed Mountain Ale, Two Roads Roadsmary’s Baby, Warsteiner Pils, Wolavers Pumpkin, Woodchuck Pumpkin, wormtown

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