(SAN DIEGO, CA) – Eppig Brewing’s seasonal launch of award-winning Festbier is now out there on draft and in 16oz cans throughout the San Diego brewery’s distribution footprint, which grew earlier this month to incorporate Orange County. The autumn beer launch marks the start of Oktoberfest season which Eppig will have a good time with occasions at its tasting rooms starting September seventeenth.
Impressed by Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich, Eppig Festbier is a standard German lager brewed to imitate the weisn type (to not be confused with “weisse”, that means wheat or white). Weisn means “the meadow” which references the pageant grounds the place Oktoberfest is held in Munich every year, and is native Bavarian slang for the beer type.
“Festbier shouldn’t be as malty or candy as a Marzen, which many American breweries launch throughout Oktoberfest” says Eppig Principal Brewer Nate Stephens. “We honor conventional brewing practices and components to assist carry an genuine Bavarian pageant expertise to San Diego.” The refreshing lager, which is extra complicated in aroma and taste than a typical Pilsner, makes use of a mix of Vienna, Munich, and pilsner malts from Germany with the addition of noble hops. The result’s a golden-hued beer with mild malt physique and balanced, gentle bitterness that finishes exceedingly clear and crisp. Festbier stands as much as chilly climate however remains to be refreshing when it’s sunny out. This restricted launch is out there whereas provides final in Eppig tasting rooms, on cabinets and on draft the place positive craft beer is offered beginning this week.
To get pleasure from Festbier in an genuine German pageant setting, followers can attend Eppig’s annual Oktoberfest celebration that includes restricted version steins for buy, pretzel-eating and stein-holding contests, Oktoberfest décor, and seating at German beer tables. Attendees are strongly inspired to decorate in lederhosen and dirndls, which is conventional Bavarian apparel for the event.
Oktoberfest on the Brewery will happen Saturday, September 17th at Eppig’s Brewery & Bierhalle in Vista, CA. The next weekend, Oktoberfest on the Harbor will take over Eppig’s Level Loma Waterfront Biergarten on Friday, September 23rd, Saturday, September 24th and Sunday, September 25th. The brewery may even supply restricted version steins and freshly-tapped Festbier at its latest tasting room, Eppig La Jolla Bierhaus positioned at 1273 Prospect St., which is ready to open Saturday, August twenty seventh.
ABOUT EPPIG BREWING: Eppig Brewing is an unbiased, family-owned and operated San Diego brewery with areas in Vista, Level Loma, and La Jolla. Based in 2016 and rooted in a wealthy Bavarian household historical past of brewing lagers and conventional kinds, they shortly moved up the ranks within the extremely aggressive craft-centric market of San Diego. Eppig brews all kinds of award-winning lagers and ales, that are balanced, approachable, and infrequently graced with historical past and a way of time, paying tribute to the Eppig household’s brewing roots from the 1800s.
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