The next Beer Tasting ??? Friday October 21st 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Need a theme, Style or Brewery Suggestions anyone?? Results of Last Tasting Oktoberfest Biers A nice day but another poor turn-out. Too many things going on, I've been told. Did not get any complaints from the few that showed up, so don't know what's up. Two biers that should have been considered for this tasting were Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen and Paulaner Oktoberfest (Wiesn)Bier. The Märzen being the original amber Oktoberfest Bier, while the Oktoberfest (Wiesn) Bier is a light lager, developed by Paulaner in the 1970's and is now the official Oktoberfest style. Sad to say, neither of these are carried by our local distributor. Back to the tasting. . . . The Warsteiner Oktoberfest, a Märzen came in first with Festbier from Hofbrauhaus Freizen, a close second. Tucher Fest Bier, Bitburger Festbier & Ayinger Oktoberfest (3, 4 & 5) were very close. Between the two styles, there was not clear winner. The average score of the 3 Märzen beers was 3.86, while the average of the two Festbier/Wiesnbier was 3.90. Results?? All good, just depends on your preference. Hey! That's why we have tastings. Some of the comments received: "Really good flight of beers!" "All very good tasting." "Do this more often" "All are simply marvelous - one was a little weak but overall very very tasty.'" "All Good" , "Fun times again" & "Great Selection" SEPTEMBER Tasting Results Oktoberfest Brews BREWER BEER AVE SCORE % 5's % 1's Warsteiner Oktoberfest 4.30 19% 0% Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen 3.60 4% 0% Tucher Brau Tucher Festbier 3.80 8% 0% Hofbrauhaus Freising Festbier/Wiesnbier 4.00 15% 0% Bitbuerger Festbier (Märzen) 3.70 8% 0% What's on Draught Bitburger Premium Pils ABV: 4.8% Style: German Pilsner Kinkaider Harvest Beast ABV: 5.% Style: Vanilla Cream Ale? Warsteiner Premium Dunkel ABV: 4.9% Style: Munich Dunkel Lager Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel ABV: 5.5% Style: Dunkelweizen, Rated #1 Warsteiner Premiun Oktoberfest ABV: 5.9% Style: Märzen Bitburger Festbier ABV: 6.2% Style: Märzen What's in the Cooler Current stock (9-26-22) includes the following: -------------------Light Ales, Lagers & Pilsners---------------- Warsteiner Premium Pilsner a top selling beer in Germany. Bohemia . . a German style Pilsner which is brewed across the border. o/s Schloss Eggenburg Hopfenkönig Pilsner **. . . "the King of Hops" Gaffel Kölsch ** . . . . . a true German Kölsch, very nice. --------------------------Weissbier------------------------------- Paulaner Hefe Weissbier . . . . . the No.12 rated wheat beer ------------------Dunkels & Doppelbocks----------------------- Weltenbuger Barock Dunkel . . . . The No.6 rated Dunkel since year 1050. Warsteiner Dunkel . . . . . a stock item and the top selling dunkel in Germany Paulaner Salvator DB . . . . . . . . The No.25 rated German Doppelbock Schloss Eggenburg Semiclaus Classc . . . "A rare 14% ABV Tripple Doppelbock" -----------------Amber / Marzen Biers ---------------------------------- Ottakringer Vienna Lager ** . . . . .an amber bier from Vienna Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen> the #4 Rated Märzen Oktoberfest ------------------Porters, Stouts, Dark beer & Brown Ale--------------------------- Deschuets Black Butte Porter . . . . . The #13 rated American Porter Rogue Hazelnut Brown Ale An award winning Brown Ale Samuel Smith Imperial Stout . . . . . a 7% Russian Imperial Stout Deschuets Obsidian Stout . . . . . . 2020 U.S. Open, Silver medal winner. Empyrean's Third Stone Brown . . an English Brown Ale with low IBU's Köstritzer Schwarzbier . . . . . . a German black bier with low IBU's 20-30 ------------------ Fruit beer and IPA's--------------------------- Stiegl Grapefruit Radler ** . . Now in half ltr cans Two Hearted Ale . . A very nice IPA from Bells Brewing. ---------------------- N/A Beers.--------------------------- Clausthaler N/A . . . . . . . . Original (taste of a real Pilsner) Clausthaler N/A . . . . . . . . Grapefruit.( an N/A version of Stiegl) O'Doule's Amber ** these are half ltr cans/bottles. And then there are a few bottles of German Wines in the cooler: Two Rieslings, and a Dornfelder which is a sweet red and there are a few wines left from the NISSEN WINERY tasting that were very well liked Because Life's too Short to drink Cheap Beer About the Hall | Member Info. | Dining Room | Hall Rental Photos | History | History of Song | News Articles HOME Grand Island Liederkranz