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BeersWIDER BROTHERS - OKTO FESTIVAL ALE 5.5% ALC./VOL Rating 3.75A nottoo-bitter, not-too-sweet brew, Widmer Brothers Okto is the perfect bier for Autumn's shorter and cooler days. From the brewers that first introduced seasonal biers to America.GOOSE ISLAND - OKTOBERFEST. 5.7% ALC./VOL Rating 2 Brimming with notes of toasted malt and freshly baked rye bread, this light-bodied German lager is clean and crisp with a fine noble hop character and mild earthy bitterness.GOLDEN ROAD - OKTOBERFEST 5.8% ALC./VOL Rating 3.25A traditional Märzen Oktoberfest bier with a nice medium body and a smooth caramelly finish! New World meets Old World. California meets Oktoberfest.KARBACH - KARBACHTOBERFEST 5.5% ALC./VOL Rating 3.5An authentic, Bavarian-style Märzen, decoction mashed with Vienna and Munich malts, cold fermented and aged for six weeks, this beer pairs well with pretzels and sausage.
Our craft beer drinkers are eager to jump into Octoberfest with a series of four podcasts. Up this week on "A Beer with Atlas" is Goose Island Oktoberfest brew. Visit: https://www.gooseisland.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GooseIsland/
Michael kicks it off with an event brag on attending a talk from the author of The State of Beer, a book about breweries in Wisconsin. Then, on the exact opposite side of the spectrum, he "brags" about having Goose Island Oktoberfest and a Virtue Cider. Jeremy mentions a Double IPA that he had from Peace Tree Brewing. Next, we have a meandering discussion on horror movies and adaptations/remakes/reboots etc. Finally, it is time for the FDR, where we remain the Germany for yet another brew.Beer in this episode: Weihenstephaner FestbierCheers!
Tonight the boys were joined by the one and only Uncle Oogies, Eric Hoover, who helped produce. They drank Brooklyn Oktoberfest, and Goose Island Oktoberfest. Hockey season is starting and they’re excited, Josh Green joined the conversation in a “Going Green” segment discussing his upcoming bachelor party. Pet peeves, fears, and Lindsey Lohan rounded out this night full of conversation.
Spike was in the house today. No, not the inspiration for the great Elvis Costello album (at least not as far as we know), but "Spike" Buckowski, one of the founders of Athens' Terrapin Beer Company joined us in studio this week. We talked about their start, and growth - as the third oldest craft brewery in Georgia, they were instrumental in building the scene as we know it today. And yes, we also talked about Tenth and Blake (the craft and import division of Miller/Coors) acquiring a majority stake in the brewery. Of course, we also talked beer. We cracked open a few of Terrapin's newest releases, inlcuding: Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week: Terrapin Moo-Hoo chocolate milk stout Terrapin Luau Krunkles IPA Terrapin So Fresh and So Green, Green Terrapin/Shmaltz 2016 Reunion Ale Almanac White Label (silver medal winner at GABF) Headlines (sponsored by Your Pie Perimeter) GEORGIA Festival showscases local breweries (Source: LaGrange News) Cartersville AB plant sends canned water to help out victims of Hurricane Matthew (Source: AJC) ALABAMA Gulf Shores has a new brewery (Source: Pensacola News-Journal) Red Hills Brewing Company is hoppy in Homewood (source: OTMJ) NATIONAL Oskar Blues expanding international distribution (source: All About Beer) Sudwerk Brewing captures triple crown with GABF gold (Source: The Full Pint) Blue Jays to now serve beer in cups after beer-throwing incident (source: KWWL) Winner of Maine wife-carrying competition wins beer. Goose Island Oktoberfest, to be specific. (Source: News on 6) Craft beer is the devil's craft ad backfires on Texas church (source: Wide open country.com) Coming up next week, we're going to do some fancy book learnin' about beer history! Author and historians Ron Smith and Mary O. Boyle will be in studio..Thanks for listening, have a great week, and remember to DRINK LOCAL. BTW: It's Atlanta Beer Week! Check this out for all the details.
In this episode, in honor of Oktoberfest, we revisit style 6A, Märzen. Plus, we have a special guest presenter on the show. Beers tasted include: Style Guidelines (12:10) Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen (31:47) Abita Octoberfest (42:48) Goose Island Oktoberfest (53:40) Victory Festbier (1:02:35) Saint Arnold Oktoberfest (1:12:18) Oasis Texas Oktoberfest (1:20:48) Nine Band Ghost Cow Oktoberfest (1:28:20) Rahr & Sons Oktoberfest (1:39:22)
The hosts smash through their beer-per-episode record by trying seven different Oktoberfest beers. They break it out into two sessions: Round 1 involved the American behemoths Samuel Adams OctoberFest and Goose Island Oktoberfest versus the German Oktoberfest brews from Spaten and Paulaner, while Round 2 was an all out brawl between three American craft breweries, involving the Copper Legend from Jack's Abbey, Sierra Nevada's latest Oktoberfest creation, and the local(ish) Great Lakes Oktoberfest. Dan and Chris also talk about their recent trip to Toronto, where they indulged in a good amount of craft beer drinking, including dining at the wildly impressive WVRST.