Hop Grail
Despite All Odds
- Oktoberfest / Märzen
- 5.6% ABV
- Label approved Jul 15
- Collaboration
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Fonta Flora Brewery's Oktoberfest / Märzen. Label approved 15 July 2026; not spotted yet.
Read: Oktoberfest Beers 2026: First Labels Approved in May
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This is the 54th of 94 labels we have from Fonta Flora Brewery. It is one of 56 oktoberfest / märzen labels approved in July 2026. Its label was approved 2 days after it was submitted.
A diseased chestnut tree trunk dominates the centre, rendered in watercolour with orange canker marks and black cracks against grey-brown bark, flanked by bright green feathery foliage above and pale ground below. The phrase "Despite All Odds" appears in teal caps across the upper third, with the brewery name in script at the base. The label is a full-bleed illustration that extends edge to edge, documenting the visual signature of chestnut blight fungus that devastated American chestnut populations.
From the label“a festbier-style lager in collaboration with American Chestnut Foundation chestnut blight, introduced in the early 1900s, devastated the american chestnut and causes a distinctive orange color on infected bark brewed with water from our wells and 90% local ingredients”
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Style: LagerBrewery: Fonta Flora Brewery