Oktoberfest beers ranked from highest to lowest ABV, from 6.9% to 0%

The largest beer festival in America will soon take over Cincinnati. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati returns to Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove in downtown Cincinnati from Sept. 17-20. The event, dubbed the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States, is full of activities, food and, of course, tons

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largest beer festival in America will soon take over Cincinnati.

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati returns to Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove in downtown Cincinnati from Sept. 17-20. The event, dubbed the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States, is full of activities, food and, of course, tons of beer options.

But which festival brews pack the most punch? Here's a list of Oktoberfest Zinzinnati brews with the highest and lowest ABV. We've even found seven non-alcoholic options for you designated drivers out there.

Beer is poured into glasses for the G-Games where participants race carrying four full glasses of beer on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the 2023 Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Downtown Cincinnati.

Top 10 highest ABV beers at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati 2026

MadTree Brewing: PsychHOPathy (IPA, 6.9% ABV).
Anheuser-Busch: Goose Island Hazy Beer Hug (Hazy IPA, 6.8% ABV).
Rhinegeist Brewery: Juicy Truth (Hazy Juicy IPA, 6.5% ABV) and Sonder Brewing: You Betcha! (New England IPA, 6.5% ABV).
Rhinegeist Brewer: Apple Pie Bubbles (Fruit Beer, 6.2% ABV).
Braxton Brewing: Oktoberfuel (Lager, 6.0% ABV) and Paulaner: Oktoberfest Bier (Festbier, 6.0% ABV).
Fifty West: Vienermobile (Oktoberfest, 5.9% ABV), Spaten: Oktoberfest (Marzen, 5.9% ABV) and Warsteiner: Warsteiner Oktoberfest (Marzen, 5.9% ABV).
Weihenstephan: Weihenstephan Festbier (Wiesnbier, 5.8% ABV) and Paulaner: Oktoberfest Märzen (Märzen, 5.8% ABV).
Erdinger: Erdinger Oktoberfest (Oktoberfest, 5.7% ABV) and MadTree: Ziegler (Oktoberfest, 5.7% ABV).
Fifty West: Doom Pedal White Ale (White Ale, 5.5% ABV), Fretboard Brewing Company: Rockin' The Rhine (Oktoberfest, 5.5% ABV), Paulaner: Hefe-Weizen (Hefeweizen, 5.5% ABV) and Sonder Brewing: Festbier (Festbier, 5.5% ABV).
Molson Coors: Blue Moon (Belgian-Style Wheat Ale, 5.4% ABV), Rhinegeist Brewery: Franz (Oktoberfest, 5.4% ABV), Sonder Brewing: Hefeweizen (Hefeweizen, 5.4% ABV), Weihenstephan: Hefeweissbier (German Hefeweizen, 5.4% ABV), West Side Brewing: Helles (Helles, 5.4% ABV) and Oberdorfer Festbier (Wiesnbier, 5.4% ABV).

Top 10 lowest ABV beers at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati 2026

Stiegl: Stiegl Grapefruit Radler (Fruit beer, 2.25% ABV).
Radeberger Gruppe: Schofferhofer Grapefruit (Fruited Hefeweizen, 2.5% ABV).
Braxton Brewing: Scooter (Radler, 4.0% ABV), Garage Beer: Original (American Light Lager, 4.0% ABV), Garage Beer: Lime (American Lime Beer, 4.0% ABV), MadTree Brewing: Light Lime (Lager, 4.0% ABV) and Rhinegeist Brewery: Cincy Splash Black Cherry (Fruit and Field Beer, 4.0% ABV).
Samuel Adams: Samuel Adams American Light (American Light Lager, 4.2% ABV), Miller Lite (Light American Lager, 4.2% ABV), Coors Light (Light American Lager, 4.2% ABV), Rhinegeist Brewery: Cincy Light Lime (Light Lager, 4.2% ABV) and Anheuser-Busch: Michelob Ultra (Light Lager, 4.2% ABV).
Fifty West: Apple Light (Lager, 4.3% ABV).
Anheuser-Busch: Kona Big Wave (Golden Ale, 4.4% ABV).
Fifty West: American Lager (Lager, 4.5% ABV) and Braxton Brewing: Ballpark Beer (American light lager, 4.5% ABV).
Köstritzer: Köstritzer Schwarzbier (Schwarzbier, 4.8% ABV), Radeberger Gruppe: Radeberger Pilsner (Pilsner, 4.8% ABV), Sonder Brewing: Voss (Kolsch, 4.8% ABV), Warsteiner: Warsteiner Pilsner (Pilsner, 4.8% ABV), Warsteiner: Warsteiner Dunkel (Amber Lager, 4.8% ABV) and Weihenstephan: Helles Lager (Lager, 4.8% ABV).
König: König Pilsner (Pilsner, 4.9% ABV), Paulaner: Munchner Lager (Munich Lager, 4.9% ABV) and West Side Brewing: Hefeweizen (Hefeweizen, 4.9% ABV).
Anheuser-Busch: Stella Artois (Pale Lager, 5% ABV), Molson Coors: Coors Banquet (American Lager, 5.0% ABV), Stiegl: Stiegl Goldbrau (Marzen, 5.0% ABV), Samuel Adams: Boston Lager (Bohemian Pilsner, 5.0% ABV) and Samuel Adams: Anniversary Lager (Bohemian Pilsner, 5.0% ABV).