Sam Adams was the epitome of class growing ... And that's boring. The beer itself is a solid Oktoberfest -- lighter than the German standards but plenty malty to scratch that itch.

With a little help from Samuel Adams and its fall seasonal beers, it is time to raise some spirits. From Oktoberfest to toasting to sweater weather, Samuel Adams beers are always a fall favorite.

It's a good beer; it's just not a good Oktoberfest beer. Sam Adams' seasonal fall beer, to no surprise, is a märzen. It has a reddish amber color, 5.3% ABV, and an IBU rating of 16 -- on the ...

Perhaps the easiest beer on this list to source –– chances are, your local bodega already has it in stock –– this offering from Sam Adams is ... German-style Oktoberfest beer was a big ...

Sam Adams Oktoberfest, er, Octoberfest, is a märzen -tyle beer brewed with Tettnang, Tettnanger, Hallertau, and Mettelfrueh hops, with 5.3% ABV and 15 IBUs, available every year from about August ...

Oktoberfest is an annual festival in Munich, Germany, in late September and early October that includes drinking beer and eating food. Huntington’s version was dubbed the Sam Adams 9th Street ...

Its Oktoberfest beer is simply okay ... Tettnanger and Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops from Germany as well as Samuel Adams Lager Yeast, two-row pale malt blend, Munich-10, Sam Adams Octoberfest ...

Where Samuel Adams' Oktoberfest has generally left me stranded ... It's missing the dry finish that makes the other beers on this list so redrinkable, but it makes it up to you with a complex ...

So when they come to Oktoberfest Zinzinnati and they taste the Sam Adams beer, and they eat Mick Noll’s food, this is real. This isn’t some imitation that you’re going to find in the middle ...

HB Jones, 551 S. York St., Elmhurst, will highlight German food like brats, kraut and Wiener schnitzel, as well as Samuel Adams Oktoberfest and another rotating German beer on tap. Thursdays in ...