Oktoberfest beers

Enjoy a taste of Germany here in St. Louis

By Josh Gilbert, Special to Metromix

Oktoberfest. Rocktoberfest. Beer Drinker’s Delight. Any one of these is an apt description of what goes on during the month of October, a legal sanction for the German beer lovers to go all out (responsibly) and be justified for their blatant love of beer. Variety is the spice of life, so we took to a few of the bars with the widest beer selections and sampled a bit of the German life via their palates, and downed some of the finest from the motherland. Here’s your checklist to drinking German in the coming month.