Oktoberfest season is here, so this week we kick things off with some Oktoberfest beer recommendations. Märzen, Festbier, and plenty of German goodness. Grab your big-ass stein and join us.
We’ve also got some rough news from the beer world. Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse, considered America’s oldest continuously operating brewpub, is calling it quits after 40 years, and Lost Coast Brewery is headed to auction. We look back at their place in craft beer history and talk about what these closures say about where the industry is right now.
Speaking of beer history, we run through a timeline of the beer styles that have been “the hot thing” over the years. From the styles that helped build modern craft beer to the hazies, pastry bombs, lagers, and whatever we’re drinking now.
A beer company is throwing a party at Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania, Heineken has an AI-powered tap that can create personalized beer based on your tastes and mood, and Shock Top teamed up with Spirit Halloween for a Candy Corn Wheat Ale.
Yes. Candy corn beer.
It’s Oktoberfest, artificial intelligence, brewery closures, Dracula, and questionable Halloween candy decisions. Just another week in beer.
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