And the ‘fest beers keep coming in. Well, I mean they don’t literally come in by themselves. Although wouldn’t that be great ? Maybe a little swinging beer door in the bottom of the real door so beer bottles and beer cans can come in on their own. Of course it should only swing one way so the beers can not escape once they are in…..hmmm..I may be on to something…Oh well, back to the Oktoberfest Beer tastings.
Today’s offering is Shiner Oktoberfest, from Spoetzl Brewing in Shiner Texas. Shiner Bock, also from Spoetzl Brewing, is one of my favorite ‘everyday’ beers, so I thought I would enjoy this one. Well, it is not my favorite. It pours a nice amber , although it is clearer than most of the other Oktoberfest beers. The taste has hints of Oktoberfest beer like flavors. But it just isn’t quite there. Very ‘thin’ tasting ( Now there is a taste defining word!). Truthfully it tastes like they took a fine Oktoberfest beer and added additional water to it. So you get the hints of the taste your looking for but it just doesn’t deliver. The Shiner website claims this has a 5.7% abv, but it sure doesn’t taste like it. The six pack set me back $8.99 which isn’t terrible, but for what your getting it may be overpriced. This is my least favorite of the Oktoberfest beers I’ve had to date. However I do like the rhymes on the label. “Nothing Finer than a Shiner” and “So Fine in a Stein”. But I can think of one they left off: “Nothing Clearer than a Shiner Oktoberfest Beer”
Okotberfest beers spelled with a C or a K running total: K=3 , C=1
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