{"id":96687,"date":"2018-09-25T14:01:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/?p=96687"},"modified":"2018-12-07T08:30:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:30:58","slug":"last-minute-liquor-store-luck-leads-to-ska-gabf-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/news\/brewery-news\/last-minute-liquor-store-luck-leads-to-ska-gabf-gold","title":{"rendered":"Last Minute Liquor Store Luck Leads to Ska GABF Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DURANGO, CO\u2014 Over the weekend, OG craft lager brewery Ska Brewing was awarded a gold medal for its Oktoberfest in the Vienna-Style Lager category at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival, but not without a little last-minute drama.<\/p>\n<p>Ska listed their newly released Oktoberfest when filling out the original festival entry form, but\u00a0were\u00a0caught off-guard when it came time to ship the competition beers and they had none.\u00a0 \u201cThe beer was so popular that we sold through it before we had a chance to hold any back to ship,\u201d said Kristen Muraro, Sales and Marketing Director at Ska.\u00a0\u201cI had to run to the liquor store to buy one of the last 6-packs in Durango to ship to the competition.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2oPoX6y\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"smaller cornerstone right alignright wp-image-80506 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.craftbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brewery_Finder.jpg\" alt=\"Find a Craft Brewery\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ska\u2019s Oktoberfest is crafted with 100 percent German-sourced Munich and Vienna malts that impart nutty, bready, toasty flavors, all balanced by Noble hops.\u00a0 It finishes clean and crisp. Ska are proud producers of Colorado\u2019s first craft lager in a can, Mexican Logger, and as Muraro notes, the Oktoberfest was a natural addition to Ska\u2019s portfolio; \u201cthis classic style really took hold in the Americas when German-speaking immigrants brought their recipes and brewing practices to Mexico in the mid-19th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ska Oktoberfest is still available while supplies last on tap at the brewery\u2019s World Headquarters in Durango, and will return again for the fall season in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Emily Hutto at\u00a0<a>&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x70;&#x40;&#114;&#97;&#100;&#99;raf&#x74;&#x62;&#x65;&#x65;&#x72;&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#109;<\/a>\u00a0for more information about Ska Brewing or their new, award-winning Oktoberfest craft lager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT SKA BREWING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based in Durango, Colorado, Ska Brewing was founded in 1995 and produces more than a dozen award-winning beers fueled with Ska\u00a0music,\u00a0and lots of it. Pioneers in the canned craft beer movement, Ska Brewing is known for an array of styles in 12 oz cans that include Mexican Logger, Modus Hoperandi, Pink Vapor Stew, and Rue B. Soho. For information (a lot of it), more music, and a good\u00a0time,\u00a0visit\u00a0<a>www.skabrewing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, OG craft lager brewery Ska Brewing was awarded a gold medal for its Oktoberfest in the Vienna-Style Lager category at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival, but not without a little last-minute 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