Roasty malty ale!  Oktoberfest requires lagering, maybe not available to all.  A local brewer and friend designed a recipe that fits this bill perfectly:  
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/774631/nautical-star
I offer this as a starting point only, not suggesting it should be the beer.  I think anyone could get behind a recipe like this:  Don't like roast, take some out.  Want more hops?  Put them in.  Different yeast?  I could see this with a clean Belgian yeast fermentation....
(Nautical reference because it's Dry Dock Brewing.  Any locals:  It's Martin's American Brown recipe)