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New Summit Variety Pack Features All Award-Winning Beers
By Summit Brewing
After months of hop-forward variety packs, our Summit Mixed Pack is getting a new look! This time, we’re highlighting something different.
The new pack will still feature 12 beers, but the four styles chosen are ones that have received accolades from beer experts around the world.
That’s right! This pack features only the best of the best, the medal winners, the internationally recognized Summit brews. Introducing: the Summit Mixed Pack Best Of Edition!
Returning from its summer hiatus, Summit Great Northern Porter can be found among these award-winning beers. First brewed in 1987, Great Northern Porter won its first award that year as well! At the Great American Beer Festival it took home gold in the Porters category. It then went on to win a few more prizes, including taking home a gold medal at the World Beer Championships in 2003.
Next up, our youngest winner in the pack, Summit Keller Pils. Though only having been a member of our line-up since 2016, this beer made quite a splash when it was first poured! The same year it was released, it was ranked the #2 pilsner in the world by Paste Magazine. This was followed up by a bronze medal at the World Beer Cup and gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2018, both in the Kellerbiers category.
An old favorite is making its return to this pack as well, Summit True Brit IPA. This beloved brew has gone through a few iterations, and along the way has racked up several awards. At the 2003 World Championships it was given a silver medal, and was awarded a silver again in 2013 at the Great American Beer Fest.
Finally, we couldn’t put together a variety pack of award-winners and not include our most recognized beer, Summit Extra Pale Ale. Our renowned flagship has been racking up awards since its inception, most notably receiving a gold medal at the World Beer Cup in 2012 and gold at the Great American Beer Festival in 2016, both in the Classic English Pale Ale category. Along the way, it’s earned 10 awards.
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We are proud to announce our new partnership with Half Brothers Brewing Company. Chad and Tyler bring unique, well-crafted and high quality beers to our craft portfolio. We are confident you’ll agree with us after your first sip.
Half Brothers Brewing Company will be distributed through-out our full territory.
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Two of our favorite Oktoberfest Beers just Arrived in time for the fall season!
Empyrean Brewing Company Aries Marzen Oktoberfest and Odell Brewing Company Oktoberfest Marzen Style Lager – Get them now before they’re gone….
A clean and balanced presentation of malty sweetness with a refreshing herbal hop finish. There’s an Oktoberfest in every sip.
Best enjoyed with savory pork dishes, slow-grilled meats, bold cheeses and smoked game.
Oktoberfest is back! Brewed with biscuity sweet Munich malts and spicy, herbal noble hops,
our Oktoberfest is only available for a very limited time!
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Raise Your Steins High! Summit Oktoberfest Returns
It’s that time of year, when the beer world falls in love. When every order you hear, seems to say, “Summit Oktoberfest.”
Yes folks, Summit Oktoberfest season has arrived once again! Our most popular seasonal is returning for the 20th year in a row.
(credit: Summit Brewing Company)
Given its popularity, we change next-to-nothing about this amber colored Märzen-style lager year-over-year. That means you can expect the same great toffee and caramel flavors from a malt blend built upon Moravian 37 malts, and crisp freshness from European hops. Clean and warm, it’ll cool you down on hot summer nights and heat you up on cool autumn days.
Get it before its gone!
Summit Oktoberfest will be available in 4/6/12 bottles, 2/12/12 cans and on draught. Prost!
Summit Through the Years – What Was Summit’s First Fall Seasonal? Watch the Video Below:
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The August Schell Brewing Co., the second-oldest family-owned brewery in the country, has released its most popular seasonal for the fall celebration. Schell’s Oktoberfest has arrived!
Schell’s Oktoberfest is a Märzen (March) Festbier with a perfect balance of Pale, Munich, and Vienna malts which create its toasty backbone. In German tradition, this beer was originally brewed in March and laid down in the caves before the summer weather rendered brewing impossible. Stocks would be drawn upon heavily during the summer, and exhausted by the time October hit.
Keeping with true German tradition, Schell’s beer is brewed just once a year and leads us into the season’s Oktoberfest celebrations. New Ulm has the highest reported population in the United States with German ancestry so it is only fair that we strap on our traditional German garb and have a little fun (and some beer, of course). Next time you reach for an Oktoberfest, remember, it tastes best while dressed in your lederhosen!
FOOD PAIRINGS
Those who have had the opportunity to experience Oktoberfest in Munich will no doubt have vivid memories of the “halb hendl” or rotisserie chickens they serve with a side of French fries.
You will also find pork knuckles, wurst, kraut, assorted sausages, and salted white onions. Germans have perfected the art of pork and beer pairings by means of the sausage. The sweeter, toasty malt flavors and relatively subtle hopping pair well with rich but not strongly flavored pork. Soaking or cooking the brats in beer will only strengthen that marriage of flavors.
Moving away from the traditional pairings, Oktoberfest is a very versatile beer. Steaks and burgers fresh off the grill will pair nicely as long as they aren’t drowning in sauces.
Sweet-sauce pizza also works well, as the bready malts pair nicely with the tomato sauce and crust, while the crisp carbonation and light hops keep if from being cloying.
For cheese pairings, try highlighting the nutty, malty flavors of Oktoberfest with creamy, earthy, nutty varieties like robust Swiss, Emmental, and Gruyére.
