Top 10 Oktoberfest Beers
With the arrival of fall, it’s time to start thinking about Oktoberfest beers. Here’s the best of the best, according to BeerAdvocate.com (Yay, Surly!):
- SurlyFest
- Staghorn Octoberfest
- Live Oak Oaktoberfest
- Wolnzacher Oktoberfest-Bier
- Great Lakes Oktoberfest
- Paulaner Oktoberfest - Märzen
- Berkshire Oktoberfest Lager
- Thomas Hooker Octoberfest Lager
- The Kaiser
- Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest-Märzen
MGM 37th Anniversary Sale
MGM Liquor is celebrating their 37th Anniversary with a big sale. Here are some of the beer specials:
| MGM Liquor |
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| Beer | Qty | Price |
| Northern - Golden, Light, Ice | 12 Pack Cans | $4.99 |
| Pabst Blue Ribbon - Regular, Light | 24 Pack Bottles | $12.99 |
| Miller - Lite, MGD, and MGD Light | 24 Pack Bottles | $17.97 |
| Moosehead | 12 Pack Bottles | $9.33 |
| Miller - High Life, High Life Light | 24 Pack Cans | $12.44 |
| Coors - Regular, Light | 24 Pack Cans | $14.99 |
| Sam Adams -All Varieties | 12 Pack Bottles | $11.22 |
| Paulaner - Hefeweizen, Octoberfest | 12 Pack Bottles | $12.99 |
| Hacker Pschorr - Hefeweizen, Octoberfest | 12 Pack Bottles | $12.99 |
| Grain Belt Premium - Regular, Light | 24 Pack Cans | $14.99 |
| Red Stripe | 12 Pack Bottles | $11.88 |
| Leinenkugel’s - All Crafts | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.88 |
| Guinness Draft | 6 Pack Bottles | $6.99 |
| Heineken | 18 Pack Bottles | $17.45 |
Changes At Heineken USA
Citing differences with corporate leadership, Heineken USA President Andy Thomas resigned this week, according to AdAge.com.
More from AdAge.com:
The news that Mr. Thomas, who spent 12 years at Heineken, is departing Oct. 5 comes shortly after the marketer acknowledged that Heineken Premium Light — which quickly grew to top-10 import status after a successful launch last year — would not reach its ambitious second-year sales goals, despite $70 million in planned marketing support, the largest-ever total for an import light beer.
But Mr. Thomas also oversaw the recent signing of a 10-year agreement to import Femsa Cerveza’s fast-growing Mexican beer portfolio, including Dos Equis and Tecate Light. And, despite falling short of its lofty sales goal, both Heineken Premium Light and Heineken lager continue to post strong sales gains.
Diageo And Zagat Team Up To Bring Idrinkwell.com To The Twin Cities
As revealed in their press release, Diageo, distributors of Guinness, Captain Morgan and a lot more, has joined with Zagat, the makers of the famous restaurant guides, to launch www.idrinkwell.com. The new online guide is committed to rating the drinking experience at restaurants across the country. Luckily for us, the Twin Cities is included in their pilot roll out. Check out the area ratings and let us know what you think.
Not sure you know enough about Zagat? Watch this classic clip from SNL:
Like Moosehead? Better Stock Up
What would you do with 100,00 cans and bottles of Moosehead beer? That’s the dilemma facing thirsty thieves in Mississauga, Ontario Canada who made off with two tractor-trailers of the lager yesterday. According to the story found on CNews, the beer was worth an estimated $200,000.
Are St. Paul Beer Prices About To Go Up?
A story in the Pioneer Press reveals that bar owners in St. Paul may have no choice but to raise prices. The proposed budget from the mayor’s office in St. Paul calls for an increase bar license fees to the tune of 44 percent over 3 years. The city argues that the fees haven’t increased in over a decade, while city services benefiting those businesses have greatly expanded. As you would guess, bar owners are angry, and some feel that Mayor Chris Coleman is “anti-bar.”
From TwinCities.com:
“It’s getting to the point where we’re just getting piled on, here,” said Dan O’Gara, of O’Gara’s Bar and Grill on Snelling Avenue. “With the smoking ban, and then trying to get the liquor tax through at the 11th hour, it’s getting to the point where when’s enough enough?”
Surdyk’s Oktoberfest Specials
Check out these Oktoberfest specials at Surdyk’s through September 22.
| Surdyk’s Oktoberfest Specials | ||
| Beer | Qty | Price |
| Spaten - Oktober, Optimator, Premium | 12 Pack Bottles | $11.99 |
| Sam Adams - Lager, Light, Multi, Octoberfest | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.49 |
| August Schell - Dark, Firebrick, Octoberfest, Pilsner, Sampler, Zommer | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.99 |
| Hacker Pschorr - Oktoberfest, Weiss | 12 Pack Bottles | $11.99 |
| Sprecher - Hefeweiss, Pub Ale, Reserve, Seasonal | 4 Pack Bottles | $5.79 |
The Miller Chill Effect
This year’s release and success of Miller Chill has been an interesting case study in the current state of the domestic beer industry. Not surprisingly, beer critics have bashed the beer (we posted 3 such reviews in August). But Miller Chill has enjoyed a great deal of success with the beer-buying public.
According to Miller Brewing’s reports (as found at Realbeer.com), they hope to sell 400,000 barrels of Chill this year, which would equal the sales of Miller’s biggest import, Foster’s Lager. And in supermarkets (20% of all beer sales happen there), Chill is outselling such beers as Michelob Light, Heineken Light, Beck’s, Blue Moon White, Samuel Adams Boston Lager and Rolling Rock,
The other big brewers are taking notice of Chill’s success. BrewBlog (operated by Miller), reports that Anheuser-Busch is conducting market research to gauge the consumer interest in beers with a Latin influence.
From Miller’s blog:
If A-B’s moves seem familiar, it’s because it appears to be acting out of an old playbook. As described in Philip Van Munching’s “Beer Blast,” a common A-B response to new products was to “denigrate” them and then “replicate” them. That was how it responded to light beer, for instance. And Bud Select, with it carb profile, was somewhat of an imitation of Miller Lite.
Beer snobs hate it, beer-buyers love it, and other brewers want a piece of it. What’s your take on the Miller Chill effect?
Issue #2 Of Twin Cities Imbiber Magazine Available
Thanks to a post at MNBeer.com, we’ve discovered Twin Cities Imbiber Magazine, a local publication focused on a high-end drinking experience. If you’re into that sort of thing (and there are times that we certainly are), then be sure to check out their most recent issue. In it, you’ll find an interview with Matt Long of Big Sky Brewing Co and a lot of local beer news. Be warned, the magazine doesn’t focus solely on beer; you’ll find articles on wine and coffee as well.
Finally, we took the time to look up the word “imbibe” for you. Here’s the definition from dictionary.com:
noun
a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) [syn: drinker] [ant: abstainer]
Fall Sale At Cork & Barrel In Oakdale
You’ll find these specials at Oakdale’s Cork & Barrel through September 29.
| Cork & Barrel - Oakdale | ||
| Beer | Qty | Price |
| August Schell - All Craft Varities | 12 Pack Bottles | $9.99 |
| Beck’s - All Varities | 6 Pack Bottles | $5.49 |
| Sparks - All Varities | 4 Pack Cans | $3.99 |
| Labatt Blue & Blue Light | 24 Pack Cans | $14.99 |
| Hacker-Paschor Oktoberfest | 12 Pack Bottles | $11.99 |
| Paulaner Oktoberfest | 12 Pack Bottles | $11.99 |
| Warsteiner | 12 Pack Bottles | $10.99 |
| Fat Tire | 24 Pack Bottles | $34.99 |
| Schlitz Lager | 6 Pack Bottles | $4.99 |
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