Enbeerment’s Oktoberfestbier of the Week (2020): Festbier by Green Cheek

To say that I wasn’t excited for Green Cheek to release a Festbier would be a lie. Talented brewers producing classic styles, especially lager styles, is very exciting to the beer community. With the current trend for hazy and seltzer, it is refreshing (pun intended) to see these malty lagers accurately represented in Orange County. Festbier by Green Cheek is Enbeerment’s Oktoberfestbier of the Week

Comparable to the Helles Lager, but amped up with more bready and grassy notes, and a touch more bitterness. Green Cheek’s Festbier is rich in malt notes of toasted biscuits, wet hay, sweet flowers, and a snappy herbal character. The beer finishes dry with a bit of a bitterness that tones down any lingering doughy sweetness that may want to creep back up. Clean lager taste.

The Festbier style is what has been served at Oktoberfest in Munich since about 1990 in place of the richer, more malt driven Märzen. Although these beers are paler in color, they still fit perfectly as the replacement to Märzen at the festival.

Pick up a 4-pack and pour a couple into your Green Cheek branded 1L Mass to enjoy the cooler evenings (well, cooler by OC’s standard). Pair with your favorite Bavarian comfort food and enjoy the night.

Green Check is located at: 2294 N Batavia St, Suite C, Orange AND 2957 Randolph Ave, Unit B, Costa Mesa, or on the Web, Facebook, and Instagram.

Prost!

Gilbert “Charlie” Perez, Advanced Cicerone®