Octoberfest Brews

jmar · « **on:** August 26, 2016, 02:08:35 PM »

September is the month to celebrate (correction:any month is) and these seasonal's are flowing to a vendor near you.

Able to try about a half dozen locally (kind of rural) and would value some feedback from you big city out of staters so I might search out some not so easy to find fest and pumpkin brews. Sam Adams' is the top seller though I'm currently enjoying this season's Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest. Very tasty!
Also saw Abita which are generally too thin lest they be found on draft. My son warned my to steer clear of another in the Shoals area. But hey, taste is subjective especially when malt, yeast, hops, grains and sugars are involved.

Anyway...let's hear it!

https://thebeerauthority.com/2014/09/25/annual-oktoberfest-and-pumpkin-beer-rankings/

wesfau2 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2016, 02:50:21 PM »

Ugh...the Starbucks influence is gross.

Fuck a pumpkin beer.

jmar · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2016, 04:00:42 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on August 26, 2016, 02:50:21 PM

Ugh...the Starbucks influence is gross.

Fuck a pumpkin beer.

Agree.
Fuck Starbucks. They haven't a corner or any solitary right to any flavor to the best of my knowledge.

And a pumpkin has as much business in a brew as a goddamned pineapple...Sculpin or no!

Token · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2016, 07:27:40 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on August 26, 2016, 02:50:21 PM

Ugh...the Starbucks influence is gross.

Fuck a pumpkin beer.

If I could like this post 5 times I would.

Fuck a pumpkin beer.

jmar · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2016, 12:16:05 AM »

Quote from: Token on August 27, 2016, 07:27:40 PM

If I could like this post 5 times I would.

Fuck a pumpkin beer.

Not a pumpkin fan myself but you sir are a pumpkin bigot.

Haven't really found many uses for the pumpkin beyond kids and adults with too much time on their hands carving them for Halloween.
Pumpkin pie?
Nope...like sweet potato much more.

GH2001 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2016, 07:48:02 AM »

Quote from: jmar on August 28, 2016, 12:16:05 AM

Not a pumpkin fan myself but you sir are a pumpkin bigot.

Haven't really found many uses for the pumpkin beyond kids and adults with too much time on their hands carving them for Halloween.
Pumpkin pie?
Nope...like sweet potato much more.

Fall beer yes. But pumpkin has no place in a beer. Wes is absolutely correct here.

jmar · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2016, 10:41:47 AM »

NO to PUMPKIN!
DULY NOTED!

Folks can you just ignore the pumpkin part of that site above and move on to discuss the fall seasonal beers that you like or can access as was the purpose of this thread?

Jesus you sonsabitches lock in to some minute flaw like Trump's toupee and can't see him for anything else.
He has substance people.

Now on to the beer will ya?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2016, 03:41:01 PM »

Who the hell puts pumpkin in beer?

wesfau2 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2016, 10:19:14 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 28, 2016, 03:41:01 PM

Who the hell puts pumpkin in beer?

The same kind of heathens that salt a 420 or mix bourbon and coke.

GH2001 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2016, 09:19:02 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on August 28, 2016, 10:19:14 PM

The same kind of heathens that salt a 420 or mix bourbon and coke.

The sting. Ouch.

But what about landshark? Because landshark is ok in my book. Landshark is ok right? Right?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2016, 09:30:28 AM »

Quote from: GH2001 on August 29, 2016, 09:19:02 AM

The sting. Ouch.

But what about landshark? Because landshark is ok in my book. Landshark is ok right? Right?

They have a new pumpkin Landshark.

GH2001 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2016, 10:09:09 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 29, 2016, 09:30:28 AM

They have a new pumpkin Landshark.

Get the fuck outta here. That's the best news I've heard in....I mean, what? Pumpkin has no place in beer. Does it?

jmar · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2016, 11:22:32 AM »

Quote from: GH2001 on August 29, 2016, 10:09:09 AM

Get the fuck outta here. That's the best news I've heard in....I mean, what? Pumpkin has no place in beer. Does it?

Some people rave about a local out of Birmingham called Snakehandler. And don't get me wrong, I like some pine notes but this brew (to me) tastes like it contains a fair amount of Pinesol.
And nothing against Pinesol 'cause it sure makes for some clean smelling bathrooms.

But I digress: The pumpkin has destroyed Octoberfest, certainly the intent of this thread.
Fuck you pumpkin! And fuck your cousin Hazelnut too.

GH2001 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2016, 11:59:41 AM »

Quote from: jmar on August 29, 2016, 11:22:32 AM

Some people rave about a local out of Birmingham called Snakehandler. And don't get me wrong, I like some pine notes but this brew (to me) tastes like it contains a fair amount of Pinesol.
And nothing against Pinesol 'cause it sure makes for some clean smelling bathrooms.

But I digress: The pumpkin has destroyed Octoberfest, certainly the intent of this thread.
Fuck you pumpkin! And fuck your cousin Hazelnut too.

Pine trees and sap also have no place in beer. That's what gin is already there for.