We headed into the CLE for the zoo with the girls, and I just had to get some GLO or for those of you not into Great Lakes beer, Great Lakes Oktoberfest (GLO). So hopefully, one sentence in, you realize that it is Paul writing this and not thee el prego Kristy. It has been three weeks since the GLO has been out, having supposedly hit store shelves on Aug 1. The problem is, their summer beer, Holy Moses Pale Ale, was still packing most store shelves around the Kent area. Rumors that GLO was at the Giant Eagle in Salem, but I wasn't about to head out to Salem for a shot at maybe a 6 pack. I knew it would take about a week to 10 days for it to make it onto store shelves in Kent, so when it was the second week of August I went on the hunt. I was hitting all the good spots in Kent, stopping at Bottles 101 and Riverside in Kent a few times, not to mention a good half dozen trips to several Giant Eagles.
The problem was, all the Great Lakes beer fans knew Oktoberfest was out, so none of them wanted to buy the Holy Moses, which, I found out, had to sell out of stores before those stores would get a supply of the GLO.
Knowing we were headed to the zoo, I grabbed the $40 gift card my sister Mindy got us for Christmas a few years ago. The trip to the zoo paid off. The girls got to see a few wild animals, plus the ones at the zoo (ha-ha), and I came home with 24 Oktoberfests, 6 of them being Kristy's for when she is no longer prego.
Although not my favorite, which is Christmas Ale hands down, Oktoberfest is one of my top three faves from Great Lakes.
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