BIMP’s first ever Octoberfest will be held on Saturday September 15th at 5:00pm! This tasting will celebrate the best beers Germany has to offer along with American tributes to German style beer. A true Octoberfest beer meets three criteria: 1) The brewer must adhere to the German Purity Law known as Reinheitsgebot. This law was put in 1516, and restricted all German beer production to the use of only three ingredients: barley, hops, and water. Yeast, the fourth and most essential ingredient in brewing, was not included in the original Purity Law because it had not yet been discovered that it was responsible for converting sugars to alcohol. 2) For a beer to be considered an Octoberfest beer it has to be over 6% abv. 3) Finally, true Octoberfest beer has to brewed in Munich, Germany by a Munich brewery. Traditionally Octoberfest beers are Marzens or Vienna Lagers. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to enter a beer in the true spirit of Octoberfest. I will be accepting entries from breweries in Munich, Germany and American interpretations of Marzen and Vienna Lager. Octoberfest beers fall under the European Amber Lager category via BJCP Guildelines if you are interested in looking for suggestions there. If you have the opportunity to drop by Kahn’s Fine Wines on Keystone or 86th St. you should have no problem finding either. The tasting will be held at Dax and Lindsy’s place in Broad Ripple. The gates are open! I’ll be posting a list of suggested beers soon. You know the rules: First 15 to Request a Brew get a guaranteed spot at the tasting, each entry needs to bring the equivalent of a 6 pack of their beer (3 bombers or 1 growler with one 12oz bottle for the pot), best entry takes home one of everyone’s brew and 2 tickets to Upland’s Octoberfest on September 22nd!
| SUGGESTED BEERS: Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen Bier Märzen Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest Victory Festbier Goose Island Oktoberfest Great Divide Hoss Rye Lager Avery Brewing Company The Kaiser Harpoon Octoberfest Flying Dog Dogtoberfest Bell’s Octoberfest Schlafly Octoberfest Saranac Octoberfest Three Floyd’s Munsterfest (fingers crossed) |
RESERVED BEERS Paulaner Oktoberfest (Sample) – Erik Howell Hofbräru Octoberfest – Jenn Myers Samuel Adams Oktoberfest – Nathan Boles Spaten Octoberfest – Isaac Wagner Sun King Octoberfest – Jeremy McClintock Brooklyn Octoberfest – Lindsy Storm Shiner Octoberfest – Dax Storm Upland Octoberfest – Bob Reynolds Left Hand Octoberfest – Dan Sandman Two Brothers Brewing Atom Smasher Octoberfest – Matthew Kennedy Bier Octoberfest – Nate Surls |
You know the drill. First 15 to Request a Brew get a spot in our next tasting. Good luck!
