It was a legendary beer run. I headed off to Total Wine in Alpharetta because they were the only ones who seemed to have my beloved Tucker Tucktoberfest in six-packs, and you know they had it. I brought a sixer home. They had more goodies, though. Six-packs of Round Trip Oktoberfest, Brooklyn Brown Ale, and Dogfish Punkin Ale also came with me, as well as a 4-packs of Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale (which I had not been able to find last year) and Mason Ale Works Dankenstein's Monster Unfiltered Double IPA. There were more beers to be sure, the rest all in singles except for one: I bought a 4-pack of Stillfire My Favorite Marzen Oktoberfest Lager.
The name of this beer, of course, is a play on the classic TV sitcom My Favorite Martian, starring Bill Bixby and Ray Walston as the eponymous extraterrestrial character. Extra credit for the really cool name and label, which immediately caught my attention.
Stillfire My Favorite Marzen has an alcohol content of 6.5% by volume with 45 IBUs .My cans had no freshness dating.
About Stillfire Brewing
Every brewery begins with a dream. For Suwanee locals Randall and Angela Veugeler, that dream was fueled by a love of craft beer and community. In 2011, they turned that passion into the Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest-a small local event that grew into Georgia's largest craft beer festival and was named USA Today's 2025 Reader's Choice Best Beer Fest in America.
Through the festival, the Veugelers met Phil Farrell, a homebrew legend with hundreds of awards to his name. Together, they realized they shared the same dream: to open a brewery of their own. With Aaron Bisges, a recently graduated lawyer joining to lead operations, the team set out to make it happen.
In October 2019, StillFire Brewing officially opened its doors.
Tasting Notes
Stillfire My Favorite Marzen pours to a bright copper color with a medium white head of foam and a nose of very light toasted malt. The beer is light to medium in body, gently toasty with dry roasted nuts and finishes bitter dry. Its tasty and highly drinkable, indeed, though I would like a little more Munich malt character.
Value & Verdict
I paid $10.99 for a 4-pack of pint cans at Total Wine.
Even though I would like more Munich malt character, Stillfire My Favorite Marzen is quite tasty, I give it a 3.5 for style and hedonistic rating, with another half star tacked on for the bargain price. You just don't see that many pint can 4-packs for eleven bucks anymore. .
