Sept. 22, 2020

The Oktoberfest Battle

It’s Oktoberfest season, and Beering Ain’t Easy is bringing you an epic four beer Battle Royale: International vs. National vs. State vs. Local. Are Adam and Drew’s taste buds refined enough to tell the difference between the beers? Will they even be coherent? We’ll answer these questions, and bring also bring you a new Beering Ain’t East Segment - The Untappd Roast!

It’s Oktoberfest season, and Beering Ain’t Easy is bringing you an epic four beer Battle Royale:  International vs. National vs. State vs. Local.  Are Adam and Drew’s taste buds refined enough to tell the difference between the beers?  Will they even be coherent?  We’ll answer these questions, and bring also bring you a new Beering Ain’t East Segment - The Untappd Roast!

Episode Notes:

Featured Beers:  Mr. Oktoberfest - Texas Leaguer Brewery, Missouri City, TX.  Oktoberfest - Altstadt Brewery, Fredericksburg, TX.  Spaten Oktoberfest Ur-Marzen, Munich, Bayern Germany.  Octoberfest Beer - Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, MI.

Tasting Notes:  Tough to differentiate between all the Marzen goodness!  Texas Leaguer - More carbonated with a strong malty flavor.  Altstadt - subtle, bready and toasty flavor.  Spaten -  A little darker in color than the rest, always a classic.   Bell’s - Smoothest and cleanest of the four, but a much more muted flavor profile.
 

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries from Untappd Roast:

Pussy Wagon - Brash Brewing Company, Houston TX (IPA)

Houston Hazier - SpindleTap Brewery, Houston TX (Double NEIPA)

Endeavour - Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston TX (Double IPA)

Hazy Little Thing - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico CA (NEIPA)

Cloud 8 - 8th Wonder Brewery, Houston TX  (NEIPA)

Traditional Lager- Yuengling Brewery, Pottsville PA

Pre-War Pils - Live Oak Brewing Company, Austin TX
 

Featured Music:

Four Beers Polka by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)

Find it here! 
 

Other shout-outs:

Suppenkuche - German Restaurant in San Francisco, CA

King’s Biergarten - German Restaurant in Pearland, TX

The Man Show - Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carrola’s classic show from the early 2000’s

Houston Craft Beer Society - Houston Facebook group for folks living that craft beer lifestyle
 

On every episode, we rate beers on a scale from 0-5, 5 being the highest.
 

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
 

Four Beers Polka by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)

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