Octoberfest-Blue Point

Oktoberfest and Blue Point! Yeah, gotta love this beer. I had a couple the other night and was reminded how much I love Oktoberfest. I still remember the first time I had this style of beer. It was 2,923 days ago, in Munich. Just kidding. I was in Brooklyn and it was 96 1/2 months ago. Close enough.

I was doing laundry. My roommate and I popped over to the bar across the street to kill a little time during the spin cycle. I saw a new beer on tap. The new beer seemed to be in the style of my favorite month, October, and anything that ends in "fest" sounds good to me. Maybe not 'infest' but I am sure every, single, other word has a positive meaning.

So I plopped on that bar stool and ordered my first Oktoberfest. To be British, it was brilliant. For years I was deeply saddened when Oktoberfest season ended.

"Not available? What do you mean?" I pleaded with the bartender.
"You only have their delicious Toasted Lager?" I whimpered.

I actually don't know if it was even Blue Point I was drinking. My brain is telling me it might have been Becks and there is no use arguing with that supreme power. Whatever the brand was doesn't change that I was left with lesser alternatives. Winter Ales and Summer Ales just weren't the same. I don't know what  I drank in the spring but I do know it was not Oktoberfest. Alas, through years of studying the calendar I started to understand that Oktoberfest would be back and that 365 days is not that long when you're an adult approaching thirty.

Fast forward to today, mid-August, 2013, an IPA loving year, and I have started to smell the Oktoberfest in the air. If I'm being literal, I've started to see them on the shelves. Either or, they're there and I am happy. I love Blue Point and I love Oktoberfest. I will be drinking Oktoberfest from other brewers this late summer and fall but I will definitely be purchasing another sixer of this delightful Blue Point!


Flanny Rating: 4 Gold Stars