Braxton Brewing Company
Fall means football, tailgating, festivals, crisp air, and cool evenings. It also means good beer. Germany's Oktoberfest begins in September and ends in early October. For years, many breweries have been making this traditional German lager to celebrate the occasion. Braxton is excited to introduce its first annual Oktoberfest Lager ' Oktober Fuel.. . This traditional fest style beer has a beautiful orange-ish, copper hue, complex malt aroma with a faint malt sweetness, and slight spicy hop characteristics of noble hops.. . It is malt forward with a touch of noble hop spice. It's fuel for Fall.. . The history of the Oktoberfest style dates back to the 1800's to celebrate Prince Ludwig, later crowned King Ludwig I, marrying his Princess. This traditional Oktoberfest style lager is brewed using the finest German malts, decoction mashing and noble hops. This lager has an aroma that is dominated by complex malt characteristics inclduing bready, biscuity and slightly toasty that are emphasized through brewing techniques. It is a light amber to dark orange in color, with a beautiful, long lasting off-white head. Starting with a nice malt sweetness this beer will finish crisp and dry and will have a nice spicyness of noble hops to blance the malt complexity this beer is known for.
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