September 10, 2020
On Episode 16 of West Virginia Beer Roads, our tasting panel samples five Oktoberfest beers from West Virginia breweries. We give you the lowdown on the style and the flavor characteristics of each beer we tried. Special Guest: Chris Brown,… Continue Reading…
October 9, 2017
Featuring everything from actual weddings and a Miss Oktoberfest contest to $10 bourbon flights, tie-dyed T-shirt vendors, and free tattoos, Oktoberfest Pipestem surely reigns as the most eclectic Oktoberfest celebration held anywhere in West Virginia. The fest took place on… Continue Reading…
August 2, 2016
The outlook for the WV fall beer festival season is definitely flavorful. I say this even though we lost the 20-year stalwart Bramwell Oktoberfest this year. But look around—autumn brew festivals are scheduled from Bluefield to Morgantown and Charleston to… Continue Reading…
August 10, 2015
One could say that this fall-seasonal beer was actually 629 years in the making, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (SNBC) collaborated with historical Bavarian brewer, Brauhaus Riegele of Augsburg, Germany, to produce a most intriguing Oktoberfest… Continue Reading…
September 16, 2014
Kölsch Bier Bratwurst: it’s what results when a local craft brewer visits a local meat processor’s trade show. Lincoln Wilkins, owner/brewer at Blackwater Brewing Company in Davis, West Virginia, says a few months back he was attending a
