Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest (with Brauhaus Riegele)

In the IGB beer calendar, August begins the Oktoberfest/Pumpkin Beer season. Especially when we get a rare cool day (like today!). I've reviewed a precursor to this beer before http://ill-gottenbooty.blogspot.com/2014/09/sierra-nevada-oktoberfest.html but this is a new version in collaboration with the Brauhaus Riegele in Bavaria. After the first couple of sips I predict that this will be one of the best Oktoberfests of the season. Very much a Märzen in the German style, hoppy and not cloyingly sweet like many American Märzens. Hoppy, but not especially bitter, peppery notes with some breadiness as well; a little bit of honey and caramel. Absolutely one that I will go back to.