By Josh Jackson of Paste Magazine
It may have been 80 degrees outside the Paste office on our Oktoberfest beer-tasting this year, but it still feels like the unofficial beginning of fall. I’ve really grown to love this style of beer and would happily drink all 30 of the Märzen-style beers we’ve tried over the last two years. But this list highlights the best of those.
The Märzen is a style that originated in Bavaria a half-century ago and is still celebrated there during Oktoberfest every year. Because lagers were impossible to brew during summer, the beer was brewed in March with higher alcohol by volume (typcially 5-6%) to keep through the warmer months… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT PASTE MAGAZINE
