
Sierra Nevada, one of America's most venerable craft brewers, partnered with German brewer Brauhaus Riegele for this year's Oktoberfest beer. Flip through the gallery for a look at 11 other noteworthy fall brews.

Esteemed Delaware brewery Dogfish Head has long been known for its ales, including this Punkin Ale, a full-bodied brown ale with hints of pumpkin and brown sugar.

Indiana's Upland Brewing makes this easy-drinking Oktoberfest Bavarian-style lager. Perfect for a fall day at the beach.

Maryland's Heavy Seas brews The Great'er Pumpkin, a play on Charlie Brown's favorite Halloween legend. The brewery promises "heady aromas of bourbon, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and clove."

For you pumpkin-spice lovers, Schlafly, a St. Louis-based brewery, crafts a Pumpkin Ale "with full-bodied sweetness for a beer that tastes like pumpkin pie."

Stoudts, a central Pennsylvania brewer, makes this Marzen-style Oktoberfest beer. It has a dark, coppery color and a rich, toasty flavor.

If you like wet-hop beers -- brewed with fresh instead of preserved hops -- the Hop Trip from Oregon's Deschutes Brewing is one of the best. The brewer describes it as "a pale ale with a uniquely bright citrus punch and fall spice."

Rogue Brewing brewmaster John Maier inspects his hops at Rogue Farms in Independence, Oregon. Rogue uses fresh-picked Yaquina hops in its Rogue Wet Hop Ale.

Chicago's Revolution Brewing makes this Oktoberfest, a unique German-style brewed with Hallertau Gold hops, grown on only one farm in Bavaria.

Founders Brewing of Michigan brews this Harvest Ale, which it describes as having "a super juicy hop presence bursting with fresh citrus ... (and) toasted malt undertones."

Sierra Nevada also brews an acclaimed Harvest Wet Hop IPA. The brewer claims that using wet hops "preserves all of the (hops') precious oils and resins for a unique drinking experience."

North Carolina's NoDa Brewing Co. makes this Gordgeous pumpkin ale with fresh pumpkin, brown sugar, freshly shaved whole ginger root and whole-seed spices cracked at the brewery on the day the beer is brewed.