craft brewing

Let me be frank. I don't like Oktoberfests. Something about them has always just rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe I'm a closed-minded chump – after all, I had to make an effort of teaching myself to appreciate pale ales and IPAs as much as I do now. But Oktoberfests? No, no thank you. Maybe it's the spices in the ones I've tried, maybe it's a personal problem with the overall style – some people don't like IPAs, some people don't like stouts. And up until this year, I plain didn't like Oktoberfests.