What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Online Weekly Newsletter Vol.46
Today, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite seasonal beers – Samuel Adams Octoberfest… This beer is talked about more often than any other seasonal beer we have in house; retailers are asking for it mid-summer! Samuel Adams Octoberfest is one of the largest seasonal beer offerings in the world and the largest Oktoberfest beer in the world. Samuel Adams Octoberfest has a 27% share of the fall seasonal segment, significantly more than any other fall seasonal brand.
After one sip of Samuel Adams Octoberfest you’ll know why it’s so popular every fall –
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Jim Koch Tasting Video with Samuel Adams Octoberfest
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CHEERS!
What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.45
It’s hard to think about but cool fall weather is just around the corner. I look forward to Bison tailgating and NFL Sunday’s with a Märzen style beer more than the weather. As the leaves turn amber to copper color so does the beer in my glass. This color of beer is reminiscent of traditional styles of Okotberfest Beer or Märzen style. We have several brands of Oktoberfest beers to choose from, traditional Paulaner Wiesn to the number one selling Oktoberfest in the world Samuel Adams. I’ve attached a list above and below that contains the multitude of Oktoberfest & Pumpkin beers that we have available this fall.
Below is a description of this style of beer courtesy of Beeradvocate.com
Märzen / Oktoberfest
Description:
Before refrigeration, it was nearly impossible to brew beer in the summer due to the hot weather and bacterial infections. Brewing ended with the coming of spring, and began again in the fall. Most were brewed in March (Märzen). These brews were kept in cold storage over the spring and summer months, or brewed at a higher gravity, so they’d keep. Märzenbier is full-bodied, rich, toasty, typically dark copper in color with a medium to high alcohol content.
The common Munich Oktoberfest beer served at Wies’n (the location at which Munich celebrates its Oktoberfest) contains roughly 5.0-6.0% alcohol by volume, is dark/copper in color, has a mild hop profile and is typically labeled as a Bavarian Märzenbier in style.
Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 4.0-7.0%
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to register your establishment as a Samuel Adams Steinhoisting location!
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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Online Weekly Newsletter Vol. 44
NEW!!!! LAGUNITAS 12th of Never Ale
Tropically Hoppy. Light, yet Full-Bodied. Bright and Citrusy. Word.
The magical, mystical 12th of Never is a blend of Old and New School hops that play bright citrus, rich coconut, and papaya-esque flavors, all on a solid stage of English puffed wheat. Tropically hoppy. Light, yet full-bodied. Bright and citrusy. The 12th of Never Ale is everything we’ve learned about making hop-forward beer expressed in a moderate voice. Pale, cold, slightly alcoholic and bitter. It’s all we know.
These 12oz mini-kegs (AKA cans) are an exciting new option for us, and we are stoopid stoked at the opportunity for y’all to take us to all those new, nelophobic locations…
PRESS PLAY BUTTON Watch the Lagunitas CAN CAN Dance
And then at the very moment that the lands beyond the River Styx froze over, as the last pig took flight, as the last winged monkey departed the darkly fragrant netherlands, when wishes become horses and all of the beggars rode, when a moon rose newly blued on the morning of the 12th of never, and the second to last craft brewery in America pressed the green button on their canning line. We wanted be the Last Small Brewer in the U.S. to can their beer and maybe by now we are…
PRESS PLAY BUTTON Watch 12th of Never Canning
Lagunitas 12th of Never is – surprise, surprise – a hop forward beer. Described as a “bitter-esque, pale-isa ale”. As we sit here drinking it for the first time, it truly is damn hop forward, walking a fine line between pale ale and IPA, kind of beer. A truly tasty beer for this nearly 100 degree start to the summer. Fans of Lagunitas Brewing’s bold hop flavor will be quite happy with this release year-round. Founder, Beer Street Journal.
PRESS PLAY BUTTON Watch #MouthFell: 12th of Never with Brewmaster Jeremy Marshall
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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Weekly Online Newsletter Vol. 43
We are excited to introduce you to a new brand at Bergseth Bros. Base Camp Brewing Company from the heart of Portland, Oregon’s brewery district. Ryan and I had the opportunity to meet with Base Camp Brewing Company at the Craft Beer Conference in Portland. We were blown away with their detail to crafting consistent quality brews. We are confident that you will agree with your first sip of their beer.
The Base Camp family has grown a bit since we first opened our doors. Our crew represents decades of work in the brewing industry and a common love for life here in the Pacific Northwest. When we make the time to get out of the brewery, you can find our team out having fun. Whether we’re in the water off Short Sands Beach, setting up camp on the Wonderland Trail, slashing pow turns in the Outback on Bachelor, or drifting a line out in the Umpqua we are proud to live, work, and play in the Pacific Northwest.
We care about the consistency, quality, and freshness of our beers. Our choice of packaging helps ensure that each brew is representative of this. Whether you’re popping open one of our bad-ass aluminum 22oz bottles, cracking into a pack of 12oz cans, or tapping a Base Camp keg, you can expect a beer made with exacting care and extraordinary effort.
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What’s Brewing Bergseth Bros.
Online Weekly Newsletter Vol. 42
The wait is over…..Grain Belt BLU has arrived to our market for the first time ever!!! This is a draught ONLY product and very limited. This follows Grain Belt Lock & Dam as the newest product introduced this year from the Friendly Beer Company.
Grain Belt Blu, a summery spin on the iconic “Friendly Beer,” combines Grain Belt Premium with a generous load of real blueberries. It would be a mistake, however, to associate the beer with a sweet, syrupy blueberry pie dessert. On the contrary, Grain Belt Blu is light, balanced, and refreshing—a delightfully subtle twist on the classic American lager.
Lock & Dam is a copper lager with a crisp flavor profile. At launch Lock & Dam will be available in six-packs and 12-packs of 12oz bottles, as well as kegs.
“Grain Belt got its start right here on the Mississippi, powered by St. Anthony Falls and the dam,” said Ted Marti, president and fifth-generation descendant of brewery founder, August Schell. “We are proud to honor that heritage with a brew inspired by the place and hardworking people who gave us our start.”
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