Summer has ended and the weather has started to cool off. You know what the means? It’s time for Oktoberfest. But which fest should you go to? I have three that have peaked my interest for this weekend.
Entering it’s eighth year, this festival came to my attention las year but I was unable to attend. That will change tonight. The festival runs all weekend. I look forward to trying some of the following featured beers:
Friday
Legend Oktoberfest Firkin
Mad Fox Imperial Red IPA
O’Connor Punkelweisse
Starr Hill All Access Belgian Strong
Heavy Seas Plank 2
Victory Alt
Saturday
Starr Hill Love Firkin with fresh orange peel
Legend Weizenbock
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin
Hardywood Belgian DIPA
See the complete beer list for the weekend here.
Starr Hill and Beer Run present the 3rd Annual Top of the Hops Beer Festival in Charlottesville, VA Saturday September 22nd. $40 ($45 at the gate) gets you unlimited sampling of over 150 craft beers from breweries such as Devils Backbone, Hardywood, Ommegang, Goose Island to name a few. Tak a look at the breweries and their beers here. Go here to buy tickets.
Mad Fox Brewing in Falls Church has taken a different spin on Oktoberfest by celebrating hops Sunday September 23rd starting at 11am in their Biergarten. If you need one beer to make the trek up, Mad Fox’s Orange Whip IPA is that beer. They will also have their own Oktoberfest beer on tap and cask; I had the pleasure of having the cask version last night at Station 2. You can see all of the beers they will have here.
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