Octoberfest vs. Harvestfest Fest

Fall is one of the great beer drinking seasons. Of course there's football and walking through pumpkin patches, but more importantly there's the harvest beers. There's nothing better than drinking a nice Oktoberfest or harvest beer on a crisp Chicago day. Thankfully, The Fountainhead and the Bar on Buena are putting on an amazing Octoberfest vs. Harvestfest celebration on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24.

The two bars are going to be offering dozens of Oktoberfest and harvest beers including Victory Fest, Great Lakes Oktoberfest, Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest, and Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela (on cask!). Both bars are teaming up to offer all of these great beers plus more. What's even cooler, is that you don't even have to drive between bars or take public transportation: there's going to be a free shuttle going back and forth.

Seasonal beers are some of my favorite because they are only available for a short time and match the weather outside. Sure, a good Pilsner is nice, but a barley wine in the winter or a harvest beer in fall seems to make everything right with the world. That somehow amidst all the marketing hype and constant availability that we still cling to growing seasons, eating and drinking in cycle with the moon as those first brewers did. It might not rely on dank caves or small communities harvesting grain, but it does hearken back to those simple times when a job well done was rewarded with a beer to match the weather.

You can learn more by checking out the Facebook event page.