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This week as part of Oktoberfest Week I’ll actually be re-running some past reviews of various Oktoberfest-style beers—it turns out I’ve written reviews on at least seven beers in the style already. I know, I know, it feels a bit like cheating, but I figure, it’s a good, available resource, … Continue reading
Tonight I opened up one of the promotional bottles of Beck’s Oktoberfest that I received last week (though not the one with the snap-on stein handle). All of the Beck’s line of beers are brewed by Brauerei Beck in Germany and imported to the U.S. by Anheuser-Busch. According to the … Continue reading
It’s Oktoberfest Week here at The Brew Site! All this week the blogging will be related to the world’s biggest and best-known beer festival, culminating in the actual start of this year’s Oktoberfest, September 20th. Of course, people always wonder why Oktoberfest starts in September when the name clearly implies … Continue reading
“But now they feed them with good cheer, And what they want they take in beer, For Christmas comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry.” – George Wither, A Christmas Carol Holiday Ale Festival celebrates the season with 40 specialty and vintage winter beers from across … Continue reading
It’s that harvest time of year again, when the fresh hop beers are beginning to show up, and the Oregon Brewers Guild is teaming up with Oregon Bounty again to bring us the Fresh Hop Beer "Tastivals." I guess they must have been a hit last year, because this time … Continue reading
Flying Dog Brewery hosts annual throwdown with beer, music and purposeful, provocative irreverance Flying Dog Brewery announces GonzoFest 2008 to occur on September 13 at the Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The annual throwdown will feature live music and host the Hard Times … Continue reading
Here’s the official press release about the record year the Oregon Brewers Festival had. The full official headline is, "Oregon Brewers Festival bucks the economic downturn, celebrates banner year with record attendance and sales" but that’s a little long for a title even for me. America’s economy may be in … Continue reading
This is the final post of links, I think. Jeff’s final roundup Jay’s post and pictures for Thursday (which he forgot to post at first) It looks like 2008 was officially the biggest year ever for the OBF That does it (for now). I’m a little bummed that I missed … Continue reading
More links! Jeff has more notes, rants and raves about the Fest (interesting notes on avoiding post-drinking ravages, too) More from the Beer Geek blog, wherein they also volunteered at the Fest My Beer Pix persisted in running pictures in real time—and don’t forget their wrap-up, either It’s Pub Night … Continue reading
Yes, I’m late getting back to this topic—in fact, I’m only just now starting to catch up on my blog reading to compile these links. Without further ado, the first of several link roundup on this year’s Oregon Brewers Festival. Jeff at Beervana starts with an excellent breakdown of the … Continue reading