PROST! It’s October, which means it’s time for Texan breweries to start whipping up their own versions of Oktoberfest beer. We drove all around Georgetown and bought as many Texas-made oktoberfest brews as we could find. That number was 6. But we drank em all and made a video about it. If you’re more of a reader, lookout below.
Shiner Oktoberfest
This one was impressive. Very drinkable and well balanced between the malt and hops. This beer was right in all the right places. Great job to the “little” brewery.
Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
This one was really high on the malts and low on the hops. So malty, in fact, that it made us feel like it had honey added to it. I’d definitely recommend this one to folks who love malty beers, but not the hop heads. However, if you’re a hop head, you probably aren’t drinking Oktoberfest anyway.
Goliad Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
This one was definitely the hoppy-est of the bunch, making us feel that it wasn’t really an Oktoberfest beer. Good for hop-lovers though.
Real Ale Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
Really impressed with this one. It was really malty and sweet, but not too hoppy. It you’re a fan of Oktoberfest beer, you’ve gotta give this one a shot. This was Richie and Daniel’s runner up.
Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
This one really did it for me. Just enough balance between the sweet, caramel malts and the hops to make it right up the middle and almost perfect. Well done. This was my (Chet) favorite.
Karbach Brewing Co. “Karbachtoberfest”
The tagline on the can is “It’s Still Summer” and they’ve definitely shown it with this beer. It doesn’t drink like an Oktoberfest at all, but an easy-go-down summer beer. If you don’t like Oktoberfest beer, you’ll probably ove this one. I thought it was great, but it doesn’t score high as an Oktoberfest brew, because it isn’t and shouldn’t be called one. I love you Karbach, but you’re clearly trying to be different from the herd on this one, and cheers to that. This was Richie and Daniel’s favorite.
