Oktoberfest & Other Assorted Beers for Tasting

By Greg B. Last week my labmates and I sat down for a little beer tasting of Oktoberfest styled beers. Since tasting some very good Dogfish head IPAs, notably the 60 minute, they have been very eager to try new beers and explore what this other side of the alcohol spectrum has to offer. After a few weeks of letting them sample various hoppy beers I decided that, being oktober, they should try some oktoberfest styled beers, which are very different in nature than the hoppy IPA styled ales. Essentially, both beers can start in similar styles, with pale and amber malts, but the oktoberfest style really emphasises the malt aspect and not the hoppy profiles. Read more