Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada is a craft brewer that brews Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest. The brewery is located in Northern California and North Carolina and is known for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Sierra Nevada was an early pioneer of the craft beer movement in the United States. The company’s founder Ken Grossman started home brewing in 1976 and then opened a brewery in 1980 in Chico, California where he introduced Pale Ale. Today the company has taprooms and breweries with tours in Chico and Mills River, North Carolina. They offer 10 different IPAs, Pale Ale, Non Alcoholic beers and more. Their website is very heavy on their history, the history of Pale Ale, and their role as one of the founders of the craft beer revolution.
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest
Sierra Nevada describes Oktoberfest as “Our authentic Oktoberfest is a collaboration with Störtebeker, an award-winning German brewer internationally recognized for quality and innovation. This modern Festbier leans into a rich, smooth malt backbone with notes of fresh-baked bread and honey. Traditional German hops provide balanced bitterness and herbal-spicy aroma, rounding out the crisp, clean finish. Prost!” Oktoberfest has 6.0% ABV, 32 IBU, 195 calories, 14g carbohydrates, 4g protein and 0g fat. It has a “Very Good” rating on Beer Advocate. It has Munich, Pale and Pilsner malts, Magnum, Opal, Perle, Spalter Select and Tettnang hops and lager yeast.
Our Review of Oktoberfest
The only beer I have had from Sierra Nevada is Pale Ale, which is a universally highly rated iconic American beer. I have also tried many German Oktoberfest beers, which have all been extremely good to fantastic except for one. That one is most recent one I tried, the Trader Joe’s private label Oktoberfest Festbier that is brewed in Germany. In general, I prefer Oktoberfest Marzens over Oktoberfest Festbiers, but most have been very good except the Trader Joe’s.
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest is another excellent beer. It was a pleasure to drink after having the Trader Joe’s Festbier. Like their Pale Ale, it is slightly too bitter for my taste, but most beer drinkers would probably not consider it bitter at all.
For excellent German Oktoberfest beer recommendations, try Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest Marzen, Ayinger OktoberFest, Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen, Spaten Oktobertfest UR Marzen and Hofbrau Oktoberfestbier.
For beer nutritional information of all beers we have reviewed see Beer Nutritional Information.
