In this fall beer blog, we are going to get into Harpoon Brewery and the beer is their Octoberfest. This is the first time this beer is being featured on this blog. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this northeast craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this 1980’s craft brewery. Let us get into this Octoberfest.
It has a clear amber color with a white constant head. The aroma has a sweet malty to nutty notes. The taste has a slight sweet malty to nutty notes with a dry malty finish for the aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
This rich, full-bodied, malty beer – perfectly balanced with a generous dose of hops – calls out for lederhosen, dirndls, and oompah music!
Roll out the barrels!
And keep them coming, because this is going to be one festive, malty fall. Come to the brewery and celebrate Octoberfest with us! Prosit!
Here is a description from their website (www.harpoonbrewery.com):
The original German Oktoberfest was brewed with one celebratory festival in mind. Harpoon Octoberfest is brewed with TWO festivals in mind; our Octoberfests at our breweries in Boston, MA and Windsor, VT. We love the style and it’s a great beer for the fall season. In true Octoberfest tradition, we threw our first festival here at the brewery in 1990. There were a couple thousand people here celebrating amidst the brewing tanks. We can’t quite fit everyone in the actual brewery now – last year nearly 18,000 revelers attended our Boston Octoberfest and nearly 7,000 joined us at our brewery in Vermont the following weekend. Prost!
Description
Harpoon Octoberfest is a malty tribute to fall, balanced by a gentle hop bitterness. In keeping with tradition, it is a Marzen-style beer, brewed with abundant quantities of Munich, Chocolate, and Pale malts. Those malts provide a solid, full body and create the beer’s deep color. It is a rich, flavorful beer.
Tasting Notes
- Appearance: garnet-red color with a firm, creamy head.
- Aroma: hop aroma, (not overpowering but present)
- Mouth feel: full-bodied, smooth, and malty
- Taste: gentle bitterness to balance any residual sweetness
- Finish: soft and malty with a mild bitterness
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.harpoonbrewery.com
Twitter: @harpoon_brewery
Closing, I like this beer. This beer gives you something different then the rest of the Oktoberfest on the market. Most Oktoberfest are very sweet with a heavy caramel notes. There is some with a heavy malty notes. This one is like this year’s Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest. This beer is true to the classic beer style. I love how it echoes the fall season which it should. I will be picking up some more bottles before the end of the season. I wish I could get this in cans. I would to take this out to cook outs or tailgating. This is a great beer and I recommend it. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gmail.com
Twitter: @djweiser
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New Fall Beer Blog Revolution Brewery Oktoberfest
During Football season, we are going to take a look at another brew from Revolution Brewery. This is their fall seasonal which is called Oktoberfest. If you read my earlier blog on their Anti-Hero, you know a little something about this brewery. If not, please, read the first part of that beer blog. Let us get into the beer.
This fall beer has a nice copper color without a head on it. It has a sweet caramel malty smell to the beer. The taste has some caramel notes along with some malty notes. The aftertaste makes this beer extremely drinkable for a Fall Beer and Oktoberfest. The aftertaste is a dry malty.
Here is a descriation from their website (www.revbrew.com):
OKtoberfest
A classic German-style Oktoberfest beer that goes down smooth with a pleasant, toasty malt flavor. Hallertauer Hersbrucker hops give the beer a crisp, balanced bitterness and a spicy, earthy aroma.
German-style Oktoberfest
ABV 5.7%IBU 25
Profile: Classic German-style Oktoberfest beer
Availability: 1/6 & 1/2 bbl, 12oz cans
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.revbrew.com
Twitter: @revbrewchicago
In closing, I had several Fall and Oktoberfest beers through out the years. I had a ton this year and there are only a few that are really good and then there are some that are really bad. It has been very disappointing this years for fall beers. I use to hang out at their brewpub in Logan Square and I never had this beer. I have to say that I am not really that impressed with it. I loved their Anti-Hero IPA and this was a real let down. I am not a fan of this beer for the price and the liquid inside the bottle, draft, and cans. There are better Oktoberfest at a better value. I feel their beers are overpriced for being from Chicago. Just because, I am not a fan of this beer. It does not mean you will not like this beer and rest of their bews. Please go try them and share your thoughts with me and others. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser13@comcast.net
Twitter: @djweiser
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