Oktoberfest season is starting at Colorado’s Ska Brewing with the return of the brewery’s award-winning lager.

Back in 2018 when Ska first debuted their Oktoberfest in cans, the beer scored a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival in the Vienna-style Lager category.

It has since earned awards at the European Beer Star and The Stockholm Beer and Whiskey Festival. Crafted with all-European Munich and Vienna malts and classic German lagering techniques, this amber-brown hued lager is nutty, bready, and toasty with a clean, neutral yeast flavor on the finish.

“We realize releasing an Oktoberfest while it’s still 105 degrees outside is a little like putting up Christmas lights before Halloween,” said Ska Brewing Co-Founder Dave Thibodeau.

“But the beer is ready, fall will get here eventually, and patience is only our virtue until the lagering is done.” 

Get this lager on tap at Ska Brewing in Durango beginning this Friday at 11am. The brewery will offer up German-inspired eats that day, and guests can score a specialty stein made for the occasion. It will be on tap from there on out, but only while supplies last. 

Ska is also excited to serve their Oktoberfest at Durango’s resurrected Oktoberfest celebration from September 26-27, as well as Oktoberfest Cortez and Montrose Oktoberfest— also on September 26.