Independent London brewery Anspach & Hobday has announced the launch of its Oktoberfest celebration at The Croydon Tap.
Oktoberfest takes place on Saturday, 18th September, from noon until 7pm. Tickets are priced at £5 with a first beer on Anspach & Hobday. They and are available here.
The event will bring a taste of Bavaria to Croydon with pretzels, lederhosen, traditional music, and decorations, combined with the launch of Anspach & Hobday’s quartet of Oktoberfest specials.
The range includes The Festival Lager, The Rauchbier, The Hefeweizen, and The Gose. These will also be available to purchase online from 18th September.
Anspach & Hobday’s Bermondsey mixed fermentation brewery and taproom, The Arch House, will be holding a non-ticketed celebration to mark the end of Oktoberfest on Saturday, 2nd October. The Pigeon, the brewer’s craft beer bar and bottle shop in Camberwell, will also have the beers on throughout the period.
Head of production and brewery co-founder, Paul Anspach, said: “It’s no exaggeration to say that, for the brew team, Oktoberfest really is the most exciting time of the year. Whilst we love experimenting with new and exciting ingredients, flavours, and techniques, we all have an immense respect for the tradition and time-honoured methods of brewing and production that make German beers so very special.
“Oktoberfest gives us a chance to engage with these beers, and our focus is always on producing honest, respectful representations of these great styles. We are especially excited this year to be hosting an Oktoberfest celebration at our Croydon site, as there really is something special about drinking beer precisely where it is made.”
Anspach & Hobday’s Oktoberfest beers
The Festival Lager (5.6%): A classic Marzen-style festbier, brewed to a higher ABV than our core Lager, and with a higher portion of Munich malt. Bold, sweet malt flavours are balanced by a noble hop bitterness. Having spent several months in our horizontal lagering tanks, the beer has had all the time needed for the flavours and aromas to round out, and come together to create a perfectly balanced, smooth, celebratory lager. (brewery notes)
The Rauchbier (5.6%): The Rauchbier is our homage to the great smoked beers of Bamberg. Dark, rich, and immensely smokey, The Rauchbier is as wholesome as they come. The lager fermentation and extended cold conditioning in our horizontal tanks rounds out and balances the beer, keeping it crisp, fresh and incredibly drinkable.
The Gose (4%) Light, fresh, salty and tart, The Gose is our interpretation of the classic Leipzig sour beer in its purest form. While not quite as sour as Berliner weisses, a bright acidity makes the beer incredibly refreshing, whilst a touch of salt adds a delicate savoury element, resulting in ultimate drinkability. The use of modern German hops (H Melon, H Blanc) bring the style up to date and add a fresh fruitiness to the aroma and palate.
The Hefeweizen (5%): A classic Bavarian inspired wheat beer. While a touch of Munich malt adds some colour and a touch of maltiness, this beer is all about the interaction between wheat and a classic strain of hefeweizen yeast. Typical aromas of bananas, cloves and spice lead to a full, rounded palette and a clean, refreshing finish. Huell Melon hops add some additional fruitiness to what is otherwise a very traditional interpretation of the style.
