Prost! This week, we put nine Oktoberfest/Märzen-style beers into an ultraviolent cage match of arbitrary opinions. Beers from Germany, the U.S., and Chicago all enter, and a lot of them are kind of the same, but it’s the small differences that are amplified. We give a real informal history of the style, ponder what Germany smells like, and talk about the common problem with reviewing beers from Europe. But also, we smell creamy, maintain the cage, talk about goalie fights, and discover why we don’t let Craig do the walk-up. How high have we raised the discourse with this episode? So high.

Rankings

Ryan

New Glarus Staghorn
Metropolitan Afterburner
Surly SurlyFest
Revolution Oktoberfest
Two Brothers Atom Smasher
Great Lakes Oktoberfest
Spaten Oktoberfest ur-Märzen
Paulaner Oktoberfest-Märzen
Hofbräru Oktoberfestbier

Craig

Metropolitan Afterburner
New Glarus Staghorn
Revolution Oktoberfest
Two Brothers Atom Smasher
Spaten Oktoberfest ur-Märzen
Surly SurlyFest
Paulaner Oktoberfest-Märzen
Hofbräru Oktoberfestbier
Great Lakes Oktoberfest