Amber lager with caramel malt and moderate hop.
ABV 4.8 to 5.4%
4.8% 5.4%
ABV 4.8 to 5.4% IBU 18 to 30
18 30
IBU 18 to 30 SRM 6 to 14
6 14
SRM 6 to 14 Classic style categories are judged against one Brewers Association style description. Source: Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines (approximate ranges) (approximate)
Entrants by Year How Crowded the Category Is Table view Entrants by Year Entries 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Entries 115 177 126 165 105 94
2025 · Category 46 · 105 Entrants. Select a column header to sort. Medal Beer ABV IBU Hops Brewery City G Mr. Oktoberfest Not Found Not Found Not Found The Mitten Brewing Co. Grand Rapids, MI S Oktoberfest 5.5% Not Found Not Found Transmission Brewing Co. Ventura, CA B Full Steam Ahead Not Found Not Found Not Found 1849 Brewing Co. Grass Valley, CA
2024 · Category 45 · 165 Entrants. Select a column header to sort. Medal Beer ABV IBU Hops Brewery City G Bateman Bier 5.2% Not Found Not Found Greenstar Brewing Chicago, IL S Las Cruces Not Found Not Found Not Found Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. Castle Rock, CO B Big Rock Amber Lager Not Found Not Found Not Found Malibu Brewing Co. Westlake Village, CA
2023 · Category 44 · 126 Entrants. Select a column header to sort. Medal Beer ABV IBU Hops Brewery City G Hometown Lager Not Found Not Found Not Found Second Pitch Beer Co. San Antonio, TX S Vecino Not Found Not Found Not Found Balter Beerworks Knoxville, TN B Bell's Brewery Octoberfest Not Found Not Found Not Found Bell's Brewery Comstock, MI
2022 · Category 44 · 177 Entrants. Select a column header to sort. Medal Beer ABV IBU Hops Brewery City G Sonidero Not Found Not Found Not Found Windmills The Colony, TX S Seductive Mullet Amber Ale Not Found Not Found Not Found Goose and the Monkey Brewhouse Lexington, NC B Amberama Not Found Not Found Not Found Elmhurst Brewing Co. Elmhurst, IL
2021 · Category 42 · 115 Entrants. Select a column header to sort. Medal Beer ABV IBU Hops Brewery City G Meat Sweats Not Found Not Found Not Found Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (Westlake Village) Westlake Village, CA S Amber Lager Not Found Not Found Not Found Skipping Rock Beer Co. Staunton, VA B Breakside Disco Queen Lager Not Found Not Found Not Found Breakside Brewery (NW Slabtown) Portland, OR
2026 Medal Beers G Gold in American Amber Lager
Cloud Gazer Oktoberfest Lager Falling Sky Brewing, Eugene, OR
Category American Amber Lager
Entries 94
ABV 5.7%
IBU 25
Style Vienna style lager (listed as Marzen Lager)
Malts Oregon-grown malt
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S Silver in American Amber Lager
Oktoberfest Mighty Squirrel, Waltham, MA
Category American Amber Lager
Entries 94
ABV 5.5%
IBU 23
Style Marzen lager
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Our Oktoberfest marzen lager is clean, smooth, and creamy with a sweet malty backbone and toasty and bready notes plus a slightly herbal character. Source: beermenus.com
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B Bronze in American Amber Lager
Tack Shack Grand Fir Brewing, Portland, OR
Category American Amber Lager
Entries 94
ABV 6%
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Style East Texas Lager
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