Entertainment
6 October, 2023
Here’s cheers to lots of beer
THE best German-inspired lagers, pretzels and live entertainment will take over Hemingway’s Brewery this Saturday for the annual Oktoberfest celebration bringing the best of the Bavarian culture to the Far North.
With a selection of five new German-style ales by local breweries, live entertainment from Tony George, a keg lifting and stein sliding contests, and a Bavarian-inspired menu, Hemingway’s will host its annual Oktoberfest celebrations kicking off at midday on Saturday, October 7.
Hemingway’s Brewery head of hospitality Roman Haslinger said “there’s no better place to be than Hemingway’s on Oktoberfest”.
“We’re going to celebrate Oktoberfest again this Saturday. As a Bavarian it’s one of my personal favourite festivals and we’re giving it an Aussie spin,” he said.
“We always like to include the community, so we have all of our local breweries here again, Macallister, Maggie Island, Copperlode and Billycart.
“We’re going from 12pm to late. Tony George will be here to entertain with a lot of tunes that people can sing along to, we’ll have communal tables for everybody to sit together and socialise and we’re having some games, our keg lift competition, a stein slide and our best-dressed competition, you don’t have to dress up all traditional, give it your own spin.
“Our main prize will go to the best dressed, so I encourage you to dress up and play along.
“It’s a requirement to have German-style beer, we’ll have a traditional Weissbier, a Helles, we’re making something a little bit lighter which is a grapefruit lager and last one we’re making a Bock beer which is a bit stronger.”
Prizes will be up for grabs for festivalgoers, from merchandise to beer cases and more, and for German cuisine foodies, a menu with giant pretzels, bratwurst, schnitzels, kraut and spaetzle will surely satisfy their hunger.
Head brewer Lee Drummond said he was excited for the public to try their Oktoberfest-only Bock beer. “We don’t tend to do that many German traditional style beers so if you want to try something more traditional Saturday is the day to try them,” he said.
Visit www.hemingwaysbrewery.com
