Brew52 » surlyfest http://www.brew52.com/2008 52 Minnesota beers reviewed for the 52 weeks of 2008. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:16:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Oktoberfest + Hops = Surlyfest http://www.brew52.com/2008/week40/oktoberfest-hops-surlyfest/ http://www.brew52.com/2008/week40/oktoberfest-hops-surlyfest/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:17:12 +0000 Josh http://www.brew52.com/2008/week40/oktoberfest-hops-surlyfest/ Surlyfest is a great tasting Oktoberfest style beer with a healthy dose of hops. I like many oktoberfest beers but this one is a little bit better because of the extra hops. Funny how that works, seems like you could add a little more hops to just about any beer and it would be better. Good job Surly!

]]> http://www.brew52.com/2008/week40/oktoberfest-hops-surlyfest/feed/ 0 Bier for a stein! http://www.brew52.com/2008/week40/bier-for-a-stein/ http://www.brew52.com/2008/week40/bier-for-a-stein/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:16:54 +0000 Rett http://www.brew52.com/2008/week40/bier-for-a-stein/ I was a little worried I wouldn’t find any Surlyfest left on the shelf, but fortunately I was able to snag a four pack from the last case at Surdyks earlier this week. I’ve commented before on beer packaging and specifically how much I like Surly’s can designs. Surlyfest does not dissapoint, with it’s checkered blue background and character with a German hat. Probably my favorite detail is that the typical “Beer for a glass, from a can.” statement has changed to “Bier for a stein, from a can.”

Reading the description I was prepared for a hoppy beer, but wow is this hoppy. Nothing compared to Furious, but compared to a traditional Octoberfest it’s insane. In a good way, or at least in an interesting way. I’ll be curious to hear what other Octoberfestlovers say about this one.

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