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The calendar has finally flipped to October, which means that drinking Oktoberfests is now legally permissible. Surely none of the upstanding readers of this website have been indulging in this style of beer that has been widely available since August. (Something something seasonal creep.) Beer fans in the DC metro area have a lot to appreciate in their Oktoberfest/Märzen and Festbier selection. For purposes of this piece, let’s go with the Beer Judge Certification Program’s descriptions of Oktoberfest/Märzen as a more malty, amber-colored lager whereas Festbier tends to be a lighter-colored but stronger-than-Helles pale lager. I’ve always known there were a lot of these beers in the area every fall, not just from our local breweries but all of the imports and examples from regional and national craft breweries, too. What I had never really thought about was how to choose among them. At least not until I was staring at a beer menu at Kingfisher in Logan Circle a few Saturdays … |
Source: DC Beer
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