Arlington's play on a festbier, this medium body beautifully amber ale is light, refreshing, and has the perfect balance of malt and hops at play, providing a delicious festbier that can hold its own against premier German and Austrian classics. Prost! The Craft Beer Geek sez: Light, crisp, with gentle biscuity and cracker notes, this festbier is a treat, and the local crew of Arlington has once again proven their chops with German styles of beer. We sold out of this last year, and as you can imagine it’s a very limited run. So raise a stein to local brewing and grab some beer!

Mike and Emily keep their fantastic sense of humor and desire to make great beer going all year round, and this time they've come up with this quirky but delicious twist on a classic festbier. Fresh bread character with a touch of malt come together to provide all the classic aromas and flavors of the traditional festbier, but at a higher ABV. This is a beer to snatch up quickly, because it's very limited. The Craft Beer Geek sez: Small Change Brewing is one of my favorite breweries, and they always make fantastic beer that gives nods to tradition while maintaining a unique vision. This festbier is almost marzen-esque with the higher proof, but drinks like a festbier, perhaps a little too easy. Grab it while you can!

The Craft Beer Geek sez: This amber lager was brewed with a traditional step mash process. The grist is a rich combination of German Vienna and Munich II malts that give warm notes of honey, caramel, and a fresh-baked loaf of seeded bread. Malty-sweet flavor with a crisp body and a subtle balancing bitterness. The Craft Beer Geek sez: This is one of the first beers brought in by your resident Beer Geek for Oktoberfest, and it continues to be a hit! While it is a lager, it feels a lot more like an ale, with dark rye notes and a touch of caramel and toffee, but a smooth mellow finish that warms you from the inside. Prost!