festbier

noun

1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of festbier.

   “Hale's brewed Wee Heavy, Hart offered St. Nick's Special Ale, and Widmer made a Festbier version of their alt. In British Columbia, Granville Island brewed Island Bock a second time as a holiday offering, and […]”

   “Barchet uses European whole-flower hops in his Festbier, but with a light hand. "You should make the hops almost imperceptible," he says. "No flavor or aroma.;" Not Light & Not Dark Patrick Flaherty, head brewer at the Virginia Beverage Co., […]”

   “He also shows off the flexibility of this versatile German lager strain, opting to lager his “Festbier” at 50 °F (10 °C). Roxanne Hastings shows off her skills as a brewer with a good, clean Southern brown ale. Not an easy category to medal […]”

2. (countable, uncountable)A kind of beer, a helles lager.

   “Families and children are welcome at the Oktoberfest celebrations on Sundays in October. These are not sloppy, beat-the-clock swill fests, but rather a time for people to enjoy good company in the warm glow of a few mugs of festbier and […]”

   “XPA might have longevity, but OktoberFish (6% ABV) is a frequent contender for the most popular Flying Fish. European malt, hops, and yeast pay tribute to the classic German festbiers, and its alluring reddish color makes it hard to resist.”

   “Drink seasonally (festbiers and pumpkin ales, etc.) with local McMenamins brewers.”