A modern Festbier inspired by the classic South German style, with both character and exceptional drinkability
[Character]This classic German-inspired yet modern festbier has a golden straw hue, with a blend of honey and toffee malt flavours. The beer is light in body yet has a soft and rich malt character, with mildly fruity hop flavours to balance everything out. This beer is easy to drink and well suited for festivals, or any time you want to raise a glass outside and say "kanpai!".[Food Pairing]Ginkgo nut ajillo, charcoal grilled lightly smoked "sanma" white fish, smoked ham pretzel sandwich[Naming]Classic lagers can perhaps be seen as an "every day" beer. They fit a wide variety of situations, and there's nothing really more satisfying than raising a thick glass full of lager. Maybe it's that first beer when you get home. Or that one that you crack open at the start of your meal, or drink when you get out of work. This series celebrates the cyclical and every day nature of the world's most popular alcoholic beverage. This product is "Kanpai", or "cheers", and so the most fitting for a Festbier - an example of a beer fitted to Germany's famous Oktoberfest. We made a beer, hugely drinkable and yet with plenty of body and character, created with the image of raising a glass high above one's head in a crowd of people, and shouting "Kanpai" as loud as possible.[Brewer's Voice]For this year’s Oktoberfest lager, we went a bit lighter in profile in a beer partially inspired by Weihenstephan’s Festbier. For a beer named "Kanpai" ("Cheers"), drinkability needs to be at its core, and so we designed the beer around this while keeping the German-influenced flavours. This is a malt forward beer, so starting there we built the base of this beer using Pilsner, and a blend of Munich and Vienna malts. This adds a familiar German character of biscuits and sweet caramel to the beer, while still keeping a dry finish. A touch of honey malt was added for some perceived sweetness, and to give the beer a more golden colour. A blend of classic and modern German hops were used giving the beer a familiar but slightly fruitier hop character. We wanted to make the beer easy to drink as to not exhaust your pallet when drinking several in a festival setting, but also wanted to give it a little depth, fullness and complexity to its flavour, so it stays interesting when you're enjoying your next pint. Fermented out with head brewer James' favourite lager strain, Bohemian Lager, this yeast gives the beer a nice mix of fruit esters and a smooth finish, without making it too dry or too cloying. Best drank in a large stein glass with good friends, raised as high as possible while saying "Kanpai"!StyleFestbierSeriesRound＆RoundABV5.5%IBU15Gas Volume2.65CategoryBeerJAN4589718742748Shipping Start2025/09/04Regarding shipping datesPlease note that, when multiple items are ordered together, they will be shipped out after the shipping start date of the latest product in the order.Best Before2026/09/02
