OktoBAERfestbier

Maerzen, Festbier, Oktoberfest, are all appropriate names people will call this style of German Lager. Traditionally light brown in color, with a slightly assertive hop profile to balance the maltiness of the beer, we use Czech Saaz hops to bring that unique spiciness to the profile. Maerzen is the German word for March, the month of the year this beer was tradionally brewed duing the Rheinheitsgebot era where brewing beer was forbidden during the summer months. After the restrictions were lifted, there was a celebration at hand, what we now know as Oktoberfest! The beer is brewed slightly hoppier and maltier than the lighter lagers typcially brewed by the Bavarian brewers as to help it hold up during the summer months until it was time to celebrate. Show Less