Rookwood Pottery makes Oktoberfest Zinzinnati steins for the first time

LTC Eugene Chu The beer steins at Oktoberfest this year will be locally made. Rookwood Pottery is creating the commemorative mugs for the first time.

The design features a wiener dog in Lederhosen, gothic style lettering and a pretzel.

“The glaze is MaltZin brown,” said George Hibben, Rookwood historian. “It's a very rich brown; gives you the sense of the color of beer. On the interior of the stein is patriot blue. To me, it kind of represents our river history.”