WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Live Oak Oaktoberfest Munich-Style Festbier

O’zapft is! It is tapped!

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Live Oak Oaktoberfest Munich-Style Festbier for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Live Oak Brewing Co., Del Valle, Texas

Description: Oaktoberfest is decoction-mashed honoring Bavarian tradition using the finest German malts. Noble hops balance the rich, malty fullness with a subtle, smooth hop character.

ABV: 5.8%

Pairing suggestions: All types of German food, red-sauce based dishes like chicken parmesan and spaghetti and meatballs, or Cajun cuisine such as gumbo, jambalaya and red beans and rice

Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.

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