I used to love SA Oktoberfest, but just can't drink it this year. Not sure if it's different or my palate has changed. I hope the same doesn't happen when the Winter Lager rolls out...
I did a blind taste of a few different Octoberfests with some friends yesterday. I forget what they all were, but all of us ended up picking Sam Adams as the best.
Sammy's Octoberfest has a special place in my heart. It's good as a commerical beer, average as an Oktoberfest/Marzen, but when I became of drinking age that was the only decent beer they served at the University of Nevada football games (yeah, that's right. We're one of the only schools that do that.) So every year when it starts to get cold and I see that beer in the grocery store it's like a "welcome back to college football" greeting.