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Weather Beacon Red (Cans)

Confluence Brewing CompanyDes Moines, IA
  • Oktoberfest / Märzen
  • 8.5% ABV
  • Label approved Sep 21

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Confluence Brewing Company's Oktoberfest / Märzen. Label approved 21 September 2026; not spotted yet.

Stronger than 99% of the 246 Oktoberfest labels we've read.

Read: Oktoberfest Beers 2026: First Labels Approved in May

From the label

“Weather Beacon Red, Doppel Märzen This”

How to serve it

Serve at
44–50°F (7–10°C)
Glass
Mug or stein: thick, sturdy glass that keeps a lager cold

About 240–260 calories and 19–24 g carbs

About 165 of those calories come from the alcohol.

General guidance for Oktoberfest / Märzen. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools

Where to find it

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Not spotted yet. We'll write the day it is.

One email when it's first spotted — on a list we check, in a scan, or in the brewery's announcement. Nothing else, and a stop link in it.

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About this beer

This is the 60th of 85 labels we have from Confluence Brewing Company. It is one of 41 oktoberfest / märzen labels approved in September 2026. Its label was approved 4 days after it was submitted. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.

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Brew it

A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.

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Style: LagerBrewery: Confluence Brewing Company