Coney Island Freaktoberfest:
Greetings all, and welcome to another beer for our salute to Oktoberfest and the beers than salute that great German festival.  In effort to not get into a rut too quickly let us look at an off-beat lager from the folks at Coney Island Brewery (home of “The World’s Tallest Midget Brewer”) and their Freaktoberfest beer.  The beer, a red lager is brewed for the months of September and October and is strikingly different than any other Oktoberfest brew I’ve done so far this year (yes, yes I know it’s just been one so far, but it’s better than none).  The brew pours a strikingly soda can red with a light pink head that is about a finger and a half in thickness, great lacing on the inside of the glass, and a nose that is very malty with a subtle bread undertone.  The beers taste is very uniform and, honestly, uninspiring with malts and hops mixing together for a run on your palate that leaves a slight skunk in the aftertaste.  Honestly, the beer looks better than it tastes…well that’s being a bit harsh; this is a good beer but it doesn’t do anything for me or to set it apart from any other lager out there aside from it’s color and the fact that it (supposedly) has 6.66% ABV which sounds more like a gimmick than a reality.  Great for a novelty beer but nothing beyond that that I can see at this point.