The summer days are starting to get shorter again, which means fall is right around the corner. It also means that Octoberfest (the style of beer as well as the festival) is coming soon too. I missed my chance to have a beer with the pandas and penguins at the Friends of the National Zoo’s Brew at the Zoo event today (25 August), but…
Exclusive! You’ve heard it here first (even Capital City Brewery, the organizer, doesn’t have this on their website yet). The Shirlington Oktoberfest will be on Saturday 8 October!
Here’s my DC area Octoberfest beer roundup:
Old Dominion Brewing Company (Ashburn, VA)
Dominion Octoberfest beer, available now.
Rock Bottom Brewery (Arlington, VA)
Oktoberfest beer, tapping on Thursday 15 September.
Scotch Ale, tapping in October.
It’s a Wonderful Ale, tapping in November.
Capitol City Brewing Company (Arlington, VA)
Pumpkinator Ale, coming this fall.
Oktoberfest Lager, coming this fall.
Harvest Ale, coming this fall.
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company (Washington, DC)
Festbier, coming this fall.
Great American Restaurants (you know, Sweetwater Tavern, Carlyle, etc…)
Great American Restaurants Octoberfest, available at Costco soon.
If I’ve missed any, please let me know and I’ll add it to the list.
