Published on Sep 15, 2026, 11:23:00 PM
Total time: 00:52:48
Larry Figueroa and Tyler Morgan join Herlinda Heras and Daedalus Howell on this special Tuesday edition of Brew Ha Ha, to talk about Lagunitas Lagufest, this Saturday September 19 at Lagunitas Brewing Company.
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Larry and Tyler are Guest Experience Specialists and they have come wearing lederhosen, which are Bavarian leather shorts with suspenders. This is to begin celebrating Oktoberfest, which starts on Saturday September 19. The dates of Oktoberfest are actually tied to the harvest, not just to the calendar. In German it is Weisen, which is the harvest. So it actually begins in September.
Lagufest is Lagunitas Brewing’s version of Oktoberfest. Larry and Tyler have brought the two Lagunitas Lagufest beers. One is “a weak lager” Herlinda says is crisp and light. They also have a Radler which is a mix of lager beer and lemonade. The event will have a band called Polkaliscious, which will play polka versions of popular songs. There is also a stein-holding competition. Lagunitas serves pretzels year-round, and German sausage too.
Lagunitas made a classroom at the brewery available for the Craft Beer Appreciation class that Herlinda organized for Sonoma State University. Herlinda remembers some of her students were people interested in starting a craft brewery. There was also one student to enrolled so that she could talk to her son about the beers that he liked. Herlinda’s class taught her about flavors and terminology for that. The roster of guest speakers for that class included important brewers like Mark Carpenter, formerly of Anchor Brewing, and Pete Schlossberg, as well as Ron Lindenbusch who came to describe Lagunitas’ marketing, which is like no other.
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Daedalus notes that their mandate is to have something cool going on all the time. That means that Tyler and Larry have great jobs, and busy ones. Jeremy Marshall The Brew Monster, from Lagunitas, was also on the show recently, on this episode.
A good Oktoberfest beer has to pair well with food. Beer pairs so well with food, better than wine, for some people.
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