Oktoberfest Taste Test

Leaves crunch under my feet, cold air paints my cheeks red and baseball playoffs are happening. October is here. Gone is summer and the need to drink only light, low calorie bathing-suit friendly beers. We need to star our winter coats and a darker, thicker, richer beer is needed. But which beer? To help answer that question a very extensive, in depth taste test was preformed in my apartment.

For this taste test 4 brews of Oktoberfest (Samuel Adams, Leinenkugels, Chop Block and Capital) were sampled by a panel of judges whose pallets ranged from sophisticated to not so sophisticated. The beers were chosen based on their availability and that is all.

The 4 beers were set before the panel, who then conducted a blind sampling of the beers, cheese was the chosen pallet cleanser as the salsa I originally provided was more of a pallet destroyer. After much sniffing, swirling and swishing, the best Oktoberfest of these 4 readily available brands was proclaimed to be Chop Block. The favorite/best tasting beer overall was said to be the Leinenkugels and the least favorite the Capital, leaving Sam Adams to fill the 3rd place slot.

What we can take away from this truly epic taste test is that if you enjoy light beer, most Oktoberfest brews will not appeal to you, but if for some reason you are required to drink a beer that is only an Oktoberfest, a Leinenkugels is your best bet.