This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Saranac 1888 Octobefest Lager.
As mentioned in a prior SNS, this fall, Saranac continued to roll out new beers, with their 2020 German Roots mix box. This includes long time standard Black Forest (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunday-night-suds-saranac-black-forest.html); two new beers for 2020, the Hoptoberfest IPA (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/10/sunday-night-suds-saranac-hoptoberfest.html) and the Festival Pils (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/11/sunday-night-suds-saranac-festival-pils.html and the 1888 Octoberfest Lager, which has been around for many years, but apparently I never reviewed previously.
The 1888 Octoberfest Lager is an average Marzen-Octoberfest with caramel and malt and a bit of bitterness on the back end. The beer poured a warm amber which is a bit lighter than one would expect. There was the traditional Saranac feisty carbonation and a bit of spice which appealed to the young Rabbinical scholar/future KB who joined our Shabbos table.
At 5.4% abv the beer is slightly high for an Octoberfest, but there was no overt alcohol taste.
The 1888 Octoberfest Lager is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit as is every other beer produced at the Matt Brewery plant in Utica, NY. Keep in mind, Saranac brews some varieties off site, so check the cans/bottles for kosher certification from the Va'ad of Detroit.
To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about the brew, click you can search on https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/300275/.
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