Was in KC this past weekend and grabbed an Airbnb within walking distance to KC Bier Co. So drank a lot of Festbier. Their ArrowRed Lager is pretty crushable as well

Made it to BKS on Sunday but they still had some nice Pivo Fest beers on tap. Double Current is a pretty fantastic WCIPA and Space Nelson is always money. I actively did not care for Double Double (red label). Too malty for me but thats a personal preference

Didn't make it to Alma Mader. Once I bellied up at KCBC I was pretty much planted

Shout out to the pineapple rib fried rice at Buck Tui in OPKS. Not sure I'd put it on the must have bbq list in KC but it was a nice change up to traditional bbq

KC Bier's Festbier is probably one of my all time favorite "Oktobefest" beers. I love that its not as malty as most of them so seems much lighter.

Do you not get the Oktoberfest beers imported in from Germany? I love this month because all the craft beer pubs/shops have the Hacker and Augustiner Oktoberfest export beers.

Where I live I would probably have to drive 60-80 miles to find that kind of stuff but we get all the local and regional brewery Oktoberfest stuff.

It is lighter and less malty because a Festbier is akin to a a German Helles lager, which is very similar to a pilsner. Most American "Oktoberfest" beers mirror a German Marzen, which has more malt an carries a more amber color to it.

Yea I am familiar, that's why they don't call it an Okotberfest. I just enjoy that style better and they are released around the same time.

If you ever get a chance, stock up on KC Bier's Baltic Porter (seasonal) ...it's about as good as it gets, not as malty as most porters, very drinkable!

Hmm, I'll be pretty close to Buck Tui, might have to try it... first thing I saw on the menu was Brisket Rangoons.

Buck Tui is great. Some folks from Waldo Thai (amazing local Thai restaurant) spun off to do a BBQ concept and Buck Tui is the result. A little bit pricey but amazingly tasty stuff.

The brisket rangoons are pretty amazing

As phisherman said its pricier than it should be but everything I tasted was excellent

Did they not make any variants?

Maybe I misread the can, or my wife did. It's at the in-laws so I'll have to double check this Sunday.

Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat has been released regularly for probably the last 7-8 years but other than that, no other variants ever have been canned that I know of. I should add that I worked for Tallgrass doing events part time for several years right up until they closed. I won't say that it's not possible but it's definitely not probable. Buffalo Sweat is an oatmeal stout, that's its style. No cookies involved.

It was just the normal Buffalo Sweat.

For it being 11 years old, there was no copper or metallic flavor to it. Very, very light. I had 3-4 sips and decided to just pour the rest because I'd rather not risk it. LMAO

There's no risk there at all other than the beer tasting like shit.

Nothing that would hurt you can live in alcohol.

Heh, I'd drink that.