Samuel Adams Octoberfest Returns In Harvest Collection 12-Pack w/ New Hazel Brown Correction

Some updates coming from Samuel Adams this afternoon:

Samuel Adams® OctoberFest has returned! A perennial fall favorite, OctoberFest is our take on a Bavarian-style lager with notes of sweet caramel and toffee and a light hop note. While some may say it’s a tad early, we’re confident OctoberFest has the perfect balance to close out the summer and look forward to the cooler days ahead.                                

**In honor of the fall hazelnut harvest, we wanted to brew a flavorful nut brown ale that encompassed everything about the fall season. Samuel Adams® Hazel Brown’s roasty and nutty aroma puts you in the mood for fall just as the leaves start to change. The flavor of hazelnut combines with a slightly sweet caramel and toffee malt character that’s a perfect pairing with the savory flavor of grilled pork. Medium in body, this brown ale finishes smooth with subtle underlying hop spiciness.

As we alluded to above, Samuel Adams® Hazel Brown is the newest member of our beer family and was brewed to honor the fall hazelnut harvest. A nut brown ale, Hazel Brown’s medium body holds a discrete hazelnut aroma with slightly sweet caramel and toffee notes from the malts and an underlyingspiciness from the hops.                               

UPDATE/CORRECTION from Samuel Adams :

Some of you may be receiving this email for the second time. It appears we had a line of code sneak into our newsletter within the Beer of the Month column that noted Hazel Brown’s has “A distinct sweet and slightly tart cherry flavor.” Anyone who had the opportunity to try Hazel Brown understands that it clearly does not have hints of Cherry, though that might be a pretty interesting brew. We’ve gone ahead and updated the text for Hazel Brown accordingly.  Apologies for the double hit to the in-box!