While Oktoberfest-style beers (namely Marzens) and pumpkin beers seem to get all the press during the fall months, you’d really be missing out if you didn’t sip a Vienna lager or two as well. This ...

Metropolitan's Dynamo Copper Lager and Goldfinger’s Vienna Lager Credit: Philip Montoro In a city as rich in beer as Chicago, though, I’m not doomed to pine after Dynamo for nine months each year.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Ofgang is a Connecticut journalist who writes about drinks. People are excited about lagers. I see that when I talk to ...