Sipping the Season with Yuengling Oktoberfest

September 24, 2025·1 hr 1 min·5 clips

Bum Wine Bob cracks open Yuengling Oktoberfest to kick off fall, questioning when it's too early for the seasonal beer.

1. Bumming with Bobcat episode 69 features hosts Bobcat (New Jersey) and Roadhouse reviewing Yuengling Oktoberfest as a fall season kickoff, recorded in mid-September. 2. Bobcat is the primary host who founded the Bumwine Bob brand; Roadhouse is the co-host described as 'Mr. Malt Liquor'; the YouTube channel had just passed 10,000 subscribers at time of recording. 3. The episode's core thesis is that Yuengling Oktoberfest is an underrated 'sleeper beer' that should get more attention during Oktoberfest season compared to Sam Adams or craft alternatives. 4. Bobcat raises the question of when Oktoberfest beers are seasonally appropriate: companies begin marketing them on August 1st, but the profile — heavy malt, dark colour — is a mismatch for late-summer drinking conditions and pool weather. 5. The hosts agree mid-September is the correct trigger for Oktoberfest season, with Roadhouse using visual cues like shorter days and changing leaves as his personal signal to start. 6. A previous episode featuring Kevin and Dave is referenced: Kevin brought Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest too early in the season, which is gently mocked as 'not following the assignment' while still acknowledging it as a solid beer. 7. Bobcat describes finding the Yuengling Oktoberfest only at the third store he visited, finally spotting a warm 12-pack on a bottom display after being told 'we don't have it' at two previous locations. 8. The Yuengling Oktoberfest pours with a deep red-amber colour that both hosts admire in glassware sent over by Adrian from the JOOSE brand, who has been supplying them with custom glasses. 9. ABV is discussed: Yuengling Oktoberfest at 5.5% versus Yuengling Lager at 4.5% — a one-percentage-point difference Bobcat had to look up live; Sam Adams Oktoberfest serves as the comparison benchmark. 10. Bobcat discovers on-air that Yuengling Oktoberfest was first released in September 2011, which surprises him given Yuengling's 1829 founding; Sam Adams Oktoberfest has been seasonal since 1989. 11. Oktoberfest history is discussed: Bobcat researches that the festival originally started in October but moved to the last two weeks of September in the 1870s due to better weather, which both hosts treat as an educational bonus. 12. A list of top American Oktoberfest beers is browsed on-air, including Sierra Nevada, Firestone Walker, Great Lakes Brewing, and Revolution Brewing — with both hosts noting the sheer number of craft options that have emerged in the past decade. 13. The 'Outlaw' light beer is praised as the best value-to-taste ratio in the budget category: Bobcat says he grabs two at a time from the fridge and works through a sixer before noticing. 14. The Colt 45 brown bottle relaunch is discussed: Roadhouse found the new bottles in his travels while Bobcat is still waiting for them to reach New Jersey stores. 15. Bobcat argues the new brown-bottle Colt 45 generated mixed or negative reactions in contrast to Old English's well-received return to glass bottles — the bottle shape changed and Anheuser-Busch is now the distributor. 16. The disappearance of 22-ounce malt liquor glass bottles ('double deuces') from most markets is mourned: Old English, Colt 45, and St. Ides 22s used to be available but have largely vanished, with the last known source six years ago. 17. Beer distribution economics are theorised: Bobcat hypothesises delivery drivers work on commission, explaining why every store in a region stocks identical products and never introduces niche items. 18. Regular commenters who work for distributors are called out to explain inventory decisions, and Bobcat muses about the logistics of getting a keg of Colt 45 delivered — described as 'the Holy Grail.' 19. The episode has the show's characteristic unscripted register: Bobcat describes the format as 'absolutely everything and a whole lot of nothing' with no agenda except the chosen drinks. 20. Best audience is fans of fall beer culture, malt liquor nostalgia, and casual male friendship conversation podcasts; listeners expecting structured beer judging or craft brewing expertise will not find it here.

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A seasonal beer chat that uses Oktoberfest tasting as a relaxed way into memory, list-making, and festival history.

The episode settles into a seasonal beer conversation, with Yuengling Oktoberfest as the starting point and fall as the larger mood. From there, it moves through memory, tasting notes, and the hosts' easy back-and-forth, which keeps the discussion relaxed and familiar rather…

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