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08-26-2008, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Columbus, Georgia | | | Samuel Adams Octoberfest
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Picked up a 6er this this weekend that had just hit the shelf.
Since last year Id almost forgotten how great this beer is. My official beer of college football season. 
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08-26-2008, 08:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Machias/Bangor, Maine | | | Indeed, its one of my favorites as well.
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08-26-2008, 08:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | | I'm not drinking beer these days but it's one of the best indeed! |
08-26-2008, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | | Sam Adams and Warsteiner make my favorite Oktoberfest brews!!!!! I hear it coming!!!!! |
08-26-2008, 10:31 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | +1 Good stuff! |
08-27-2008, 02:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: southern cal | | winter lager is probably my favorite seasonal, but oktoberfest is no slouch. i drank a gallon of cherry wheat on saturday, DELISH 
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08-27-2008, 06:23 AM
| | TB's resident Rush freak | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | VERY good stuff...even my wife likes it, and she hates most beer.
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08-27-2008, 06:35 AM
| | | | I <heart> octoberfest.
I was out for dinner the other night and they said they had octoberfest on tap. I'd forgotten that season was apon us. 25oz later I was a happy guy (The nice steak helped too) |
08-27-2008, 06:46 AM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | Sam Adams makes great beer. Octoberfest is very good, and their Cream Stout is one of my favorites.
I'll be in Munich this year during the real Octoberfest!  |
08-27-2008, 07:51 AM
| | | | anybody else baffled about how the company that makes the amazing octoberfest can also put their name on the horrid abomination that is 'cranberry lambic' they put out in one of those sampler packs? |
08-27-2008, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | | Notice how Anheiser-Busch is trying to get in on the action. Has anyone tried any of their "craft" beers?? |
08-27-2008, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by threshar  anybody else baffled about how the company that makes the amazing octoberfest can also put their name on the horrid abomination that is 'cranberry lambic' they put out in one of those sampler packs? | Meh, they're getting too big and trying their hand at too many brews. I'd much prefer that they released maybe 25% of their new attempts and focused on making them exceptional. IMHO, their Boston Lager and Oktoberfest are probably their best. I enjoyed last year's Summer Ale, but this year's wheat base wasn't quite as crisp. |
08-27-2008, 08:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker Notice how Anheiser-Busch is trying to get in on the action. Has anyone tried any of their "craft" beers?? | I've seen the TV ads for them. I can't imagine they're any good. I'll personally stick with the guys who have had time to refine their craft beers for years. The good thing IMHO is that it shows a sign that Americans are waking up and wanting a beer that has real ingredients and flavor! It's always baffling to me that someone who would drive a HUUUUUGE truck and eat a big 'ol steak would drink such a watered down and flavorless beer. |
08-27-2008, 08:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: NJ | | | Sam's Octoberfest is great, but it's too soon. I can't drink an Octoberfest in August. There has to be that fall crispness in the air. Maybe in mid September. |
08-27-2008, 09:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Las Vegas | | yus!
i'm definitely looking for this stuff today. i didn't realize they put it out so soon. Quote:
Originally Posted by threshar anybody else baffled about how the company that makes the amazing octoberfest can also put their name on the horrid abomination that is 'cranberry lambic' they put out in one of those sampler packs? | I kind of enjoyed the cranberry lambic  |
08-27-2008, 10:07 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: boston, ma | | | Didn't realize it was out already, as of this weekend they still had summer ale in the local bars. I like octoberfests in the fall, but I much prefer the variety of pumpkin ales that come out. My favorite thus far: Southern Tier Imperial PumKing. Like pumpkin pie in a glass.
As far as the cranberry lambic, they're just trying to keep their place in the microbrew market, and they do a decent job, but I'd agree that they certainly aren't the best at those types of beers. |
08-27-2008, 12:32 PM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | | Lambic is a funny beer. The types of yeast that they use make it pretty distinctly different from other beers. If you're expecting "regular" beer and get a lambic, you're in for quite a shock! It's one of the least "beery" tasting beers there are. |
08-27-2008, 12:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDuck Lambic is a funny beer. The types of yeast that they use make it pretty distinctly different from other beers. If you're expecting "regular" beer and get a lambic, you're in for quite a shock! It's one of the least "beery" tasting beers there are. | Very true. I had some homebrewed lambics the other day. They were amazing from the lambic perspective, although hard to duplicate for mass brewing. |
08-27-2008, 12:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hooksett, NH | | | mmmm...Octoberfest. I'm going to have to get some tonight. Definitely my favorite seasonal Sam's.
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08-27-2008, 12:39 PM
|  | Administrator Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lower Westchester, NY | | will need to pick some up. I'm really looking to the Brooklyn OctoberFest as well, I drink a LOT of that last winter  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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