Beer Thirty - Sierra Nevada - Ocktoberfest 2026

Well, it's a 6%.

Is that high for one of these or is that pretty normal?

No, that's pretty high.

I mean, usually it's what it is for like Oktoberfest beers.

It usually hovers in that high four to five mid-range.

But then you go into their winter seasonals.

And of course, like in Germany, all the beers take shape based upon the seasonality of it.

Really, like that's the original seasonal beers.

You would have beers like this.

because they were able to brew easily under warmer temperatures.

And as you get further into the season, they have beers that are meant to be stayed at like lagers and things like that, at a cold temperature when it's winter.

So they really just brew their beer according to mother nature.

And it's, yeah, traditionally, it's usually, these are lighter.

Oktoberfest beers are generally lighter in color, lighter in alcohol.

but bringing this out like obviously they're trying to get the best of the brands and utilizing you know german ingredients which you know it's the munich malt is like kind of the signature we've talked about it before on beer 30 we've talked about it uh you know on sports meets beer previously where like you can tell certain beers and specific styles of beers by their malt it's it's very very indicative of what you're going to expect from that brand we say with you know, anchor steam, RIP said about logging.

As we say it about 21st amendment across the board, right, Brad.

I mean, that's something that we've, we've commonly noted is, is that the yeast strain in malt build is, is one of those things that you can identify the one of those beers instantly.

Yeah, for sure.

And I, you know, sometimes, sometimes that's an issue.

Yeah.

You know, we've said it with Lagunitas for a while, though they've gone away from it a little bit with some of just how much it just smells like weed.

But they've gone away from that, which is much better.

But yeah, Sierra Nevada has always been one that you've always just kind of been able to identify right from the get-go.

No, this beer is...

So, I mean, going through, you know, AATM map, like I mentioned, I mean, this is like... molassesy caramel colored i mean it is like super dark super rich um it looks like it would smell like leather bound books and rich mahogany

Well, it's a 6%.

Is that high for one of these or is that pretty normal?

No, that's pretty high.

I mean, usually it's what it is for like Oktoberfest beers.

It usually hovers in that high four to five mid-range.

But then you go into their winter seasonals.

And of course, like in Germany, all the beers take shape based upon the seasonality of it.

Really, like that's the original seasonal beers.

You would have beers like this.

because they were able to brew easily under warmer temperatures.

And as you get further into the season, they have beers that are meant to be stayed at like lagers and things like that, at a cold temperature when it's winter.

So they really just brew their beer according to mother nature.

And it's, yeah, traditionally, it's usually, these are lighter.

Oktoberfest beers are generally lighter in color, lighter in alcohol.

but bringing this out like obviously they're trying to get the best of the brands and utilizing you know german ingredients which you know it's the munich malt is like kind of the signature we've talked about it before on beer 30 we've talked about it uh you know on sports meets beer previously where like you can tell certain beers and specific styles of beers by their malt it's it's very very indicative of what you're going to expect from that brand we say with you know, anchor steam, RIP said about logging.

As we say it about 21st amendment across the board, right, Brad.

I mean, that's something that we've, we've commonly noted is, is that the yeast strain in malt build is, is one of those things that you can identify the one of those beers instantly.

Yeah, for sure.

And I, you know, sometimes, sometimes that's an issue.

Yeah.

You know, we've said it with Lagunitas for a while, though they've gone away from it a little bit with some of just how much it just smells like weed.

But they've gone away from that, which is much better.

But yeah, Sierra Nevada has always been one that you've always just kind of been able to identify right from the get-go.

No, this beer is...

So, I mean, going through, you know, AATM map, like I mentioned, I mean, this is like... molassesy caramel colored i mean it is like super dark super rich um it looks like it would smell like leather bound books and rich mahogany