#Festbeer

[chicagobeerpass]

Chicago Beer Pass: Oktoberfest Throwdown

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.

On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, the time has finally arrived for the Oktoberfest throwdown! Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are joined by their buddy Sergio Salgado to tackle this epic lineup of Oktoberfest beers. Luckily Sergio was able to join the guys because this was really too many beers for two people to tackle. With this years lineup being even bigger than last years, it seems like every brewery is now doing an Oktoberfest. You'll have to watch or listen to the episode to see who was at the top and bottom but there were some big surprises this time around.

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[beeradventurer]

Southern Fest | Southern Grist Brewing Company | Beer Review

[jbeaverton]

Filled the Boot with some Octoberfest Marzen from @sierranevada Keep an eye on https://beardsbrewsandbourbon.podbean.com For the next episode! #octoberfest #fall #germanstyle🇩🇪 #marzen #beer #festbeer (at World Gateway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUGmDhfMFvU/?utm_medium=tumblr

[upthewitchypunx]

I orders books last Thursday. they were packed on Friday and a even had a shipping label printed but sat all weekend and then were shipped on Monday. This postal witch is not happy about this kind of treatment of a package. However, I will have restocks of Troy Books publications and some new ones for the catalog on Monday. I also reordered stuff from Fiddler’s Green, Contagion press, New Falcon, and Gods & Radicals.

Books are expensive to keep in stock! I only keep two bookshelves full, a whole store sounds like so much work! And that, my friends, is why when you go into a new ages shop that focuses more on selling you crystals strip mined from conflict zones, fairy statues, and a case full of mass produced jewelry, the bookshelf often has just 12 books on it.

Ian B and I always make a trip down to Mt. Angel for Oktoberfest, which was cancelled this year. They did sell imported festbeer and sausages for pick up and we planned on driving down and getting the stuff and having socially distanced Oktoberfest with my folks. They offered an online program so you can listen to polka and do the chicken dance in the comfort of your home. Even the beer pick up was delayed because of wildfire smoke. We are driving down today and plan on stopping by a cemetery in Amity, Oregon to visit a family grave. My great-great grandfather on my mom’s side grew hops in the Willamette Valley around the turn of the century and reportedly also owned a pub at some point.

On my dad’s Texas side of the family it’s customary to pour out a Budweiser on my Nana and ol’ Grand-dad’s grave, but they were Texans. I’m not sure if Gustavus Von Querner would appreciate such a thing but we will be drinking German festbier.

Oh! I’m also excited to take a strange detour to take a 9 car ferry across the Willammett River. Why is there still a ferry? I don’t know, but I’m excited to do odd things like this.

[escapisti]

#birradelgiorno #birra #beer #beerporn #🍺 #🍻 #marzen #festbeer #anno1050 #weltenburger #weltenburgerkloster #kloster https://www.instagram.com/p/BoyrLn-nINE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ho5akh7ylho3

[altoecko]

2nd #beer in my #beeradventcalendar is #herrnbräu which is a #festbeer with a deep amber color. Tastes pretty good but tastes a lot stronger than the 5.5% #abv would suggest. I'm enjoying this one in my super tall #warsteiner #pintglass and I can't believe I have 22 more days of beer after this! #beers #germanbeers #germanbeer #adventcalendar #ontheseconddayofchristmas #tacomac #costco #importedbeer #import #amber #coldbeer #christmaspresent #christmas #fun #girlfriendgifts (at Peachtree Corners, Georgia)

[shorepointdist]

#picoftheday is #festbeer from #asburyparkbrewery #oktoberfest #craftbeer #njcraftbeer #beer #beertography #brewtography #beersofinstagram #beerme #craftbeer #beernation #craftbeernation #beerstagram #instabeer #beerlover #beer🍻 #beerlife #beers #beergeek #beernerd #craftbeerjunkie #craftbeerlover #craftbeerculture #craftbeerlife #craftbeergeek #craftbeerlove #asburypark #liveloud #jerseyshore

[thebrewstorian]

Widmer Bros. in the Fred Eckhardt collection

After writing down the wrong date for the first launch event for Jeff Alworth’s The Widmer Way: How Two Brothers Led Portland's Craft Beer Revolution (a Tuesday is not a Wednesday unless you have jet lag), so I am excited to be headed to Portland for the launch at Powell’s books. 

In advance of that I just had to dip into the Fred Eckhardt collection to see what he had for the early years. Of course there was a nice fat folder and here are some of the favorites I had to scan/share. 

Before I do, I want to put in my plug for people who have filing cabinets, closets with shelves, or boxes of things stashed under tables. I love the Fred Eckhardt collection because it is eclectic, personal, reflective of regional history, and super fun to explore. 

It is nicely organized and easy to use now, but that’s because a student and I worked very hard to work archival magic. Here’s what you need to know. 

There is an archive in Oregon that would LOVE to be the permanent home for your beer history collection whether you run a brewery or just enjoy collecting coasters and menus. 

We can take digital files from your computer or Google Drive.

You don’t have to organize things before donating them to an archive. 

If you are donating things to an archive make sure there will be someone to organize and provide access to the materials you donate. We don’t want beer history languishing on the shelves.

There are other documentary projects throughout the country and I can put you in touch with people if you have things from the “not Northwest” region. 

Pleading pitch over. 

Here’s a sampling what was happening in 1985 c/o the Eckhardt collection. 

Fred takes some notes. 

Fred types some notes. 

Fred writes an article. 

Fred saves a paper with places people can find Widmer beer. 

Fred saves/makes (?) some recipes for Widmer beer. 

Fred also kept notes through the years on specific beers, like these on Festbeer (1985-1988).

From 1987 comes this comparison with Michelob and Widmer Weizenbier. 

And in 1989 we get this article about the move to the other side of the river -- punny headline included free of charge. 

In between the article above the the opening announcement, Fred had a couple of nice gems that show how the beers are described and give a glimpse into company culture (newsletters, I love newsletters). 

In 1995 there is this announcement. 

And the next year this article. 

A 2004 article about the Widmer / Red Hook merger. 

And a 2006 article about Widmer Alt. 

There are also two emails (printed, of course) between Fred and John Foyston. The first is from 1998 and is about Alt.  

And the next is about wheat beers. Beyond interesting content, this gem starts with a line I might need to steal: “Friends, I keep telling this story and no one ever listens.” And then he tells the story again. 

There were many I couldn’t date, so I’ll share them here in no particular order. Here are some related to beer profiles. 

And then the brewery layout. 

Some more article notes. 

Not to do with Widmer directly, but a fabulous example of the “other side of the page” Fred archives. Seriously, we should have described the front AND the back side because he reused so much paper that you get his writings or other repurposed fliers many times over. Love it. 

[gazeta24br]

Para comemorar o mês da cerveja, marcado pela Oktoberfest, a Cerveja Campos do Jordão criou o Festival de Outubro. O evento acontece no Parque da Cerveja até o dia 31 de deste mês e traz novidades imperdíveis. Durante todo o período, a entrada para o Parque da Cerveja estará com um valor promocional: R$ 34 por pessoa (esse valor não inclui a taxa de estacionamento e outras atrações pagas do local). Além disso, a Cerveja Campos do Jordão, cuja fábrica está instalada dentro do Parque, criou uma cerveja exclusiva baseada no mesmo estilo da servida na Oktoberfest de Munique: a Festbeer, uma cerveja sazonal produzida para as celebrações do mês em todo o mundo. Um pouco mais maltada e mais alcoólica que a Pilsen, ela possui 6% de teor alcoólico, coloração dourada com nuances âmbar e espuma branca de boa retenção. No aroma e no sabor, sentimos grãos e mel, notas provenientes do malte. Ela vem também com um agradável e evidente amargor trazido pelo lúpulo, chegando a 20 IBU. No retrogosto, ela traz oequilíbrio perfeito entre o lúpulo e o malte. Para harmonizar com a Festbeer, o Restaurante Alto da Brasa, também localizado dentro do Parque da Cerveja, apresenta o Eisbein, um prato criado exclusivamente para o festival inspirado no tradicional cardápio alemão, que leva salsichas alemãs, chucrute, batatinhas ao murro e molho de mostarda, servindo muito bem duas pessoas. O valor do prato é R$ 240.

[mirageliquors]

@firestonewalker Oaktoberfest is in stock now @mirageliquors CHEERS! 🍺 #palmsprings #coachella #coachellavalley #visitpalmsprings #visitgps #cathedralcity #ranchomirage #palmdesert #indio #laquinta #indianwells #palmspringslife #palmspringsstyle #palmspringsca #palmspringsmodern #joshuatree #deserthotsprings #palmspringseats #visitpalmsprings #yuccavalley #photo #picoftheday #photooftheday #untappd #craftbeer #beer #beerporn #oaktoberfest #lager #festbeer #firestonewalker (at Palm Springs, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChvEJbsvCf4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rhinokck]

FestBeer from KC Bier Company on tap at Old Chicago in Olathe KS

[apleasureandanecessity]

Went shopping the other day...couldn't help myself 🙊🍻 #beers #saisondupont #schöfferhofergrapefruit #weihenstephaner #festbeer #hefeweissbier

[b1gdan1988]

How to take your self out of #ketosis a #mass of #festbeer

[efrenhernandez-blog]

#Schonramer #germany #festbeer #ilovegold #FSU #NYE #LA #rosebowl #beerme (at Ritz Carlton Hotel at LA Live)

[shorepointdist]

#picoftheday is @gansettbeer #festbeer #narragansettfest #oktoberfest#oktoberfest2017 #craftbeer #njcraftbeer #beer #beertography #brewtography #beersofinstagram #beerme #craftbeer #beernation #craftbeernation #beerstagram #instabeer #beerlover #beer🍻 #beerlife #beers #beergeek #beernerd #craftbeerjunkie #craftbeerlover #craftbeerculture #craftbeerlife #craftbeergeek #craftbeerlove #hineighbor

[printchangedeverything]

German Oktoberfest. #festbeer #märzen #weddingparty #beerfortheseason #craftbeer (at The House Of Boats)