Dia Dhuit!  A thought for all of ye' out there:  shouldn't imperial beers be served in imperial pint glasses?  That's what they're named after, right? Heh heh heh...

With the 200th anniversary of Oktoberfest just around the corner, Hofbräu, the state brewery of Bavaria, is getting ready for the masses of beer lovers who will soon descend on Munich.

Since 1997, Hofbräu Oktoberfest has also been available here in the United States. So keep an eye out for the old lager when you're preparing to celebrate beer this fall.

Below is a press release from the Hofbräuhaus of America LLC importer.

 

On October 17 in 1810, forty thousand joyous spectators...

In what qualifies as really big news in the American craft beer industry, California’s Sierra Nevada Beer Co. announced last week that it would partner with a local monastery to create the only authentic Trappist-style abbey ales in America.

The collaboration with the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina, Calif., will produce three ales beginning next year, said Sierra Nevada’s founder, Ken Grossman.

“This is something we’ve been working on with the monks for a number...