Beau's Oktoberfest [Events]

2011 Aug 10
Hey Foodies! We've been hard at work for this year's edition of the Vankleek Hill Oktoberfest. And I just wanted to give you the scoop on this year's festival. We've expanded to add a third day of food and fun so the festival will run Friday September 30th to Sunday October 2.

We will have seven types of Beau's beers! Including five new Wild Oats Series beers.

As always awesome events will be featured. The Sauerkraut competition and sausage eating contest will return (so start fermenting!). Great music will also accompany your foodie experience: Live Oompah music, and later in the evening: Jim Bryson, Lowest of the Low, Cuff the Duke and more!

We will once again be featuring Bavarian inspired food by top Ottawa and Eastern Ontario restaurants which we will be announced in the near future.

And we also have an amazing Speaker Series lined up with special guests:

- Stephen Beaumont, renowned beer expert and author
- Anders Kismeyer, beer expert and judge at the Beer World Cup
- Alex Barlow, a Master Brewer with 26 years experience of brewing, trade quality, sales and marketing
- Mario D'eer, expert on the art of pairing beer and cheese
- Jamie Drummond, a Canadian sommelier, wine consultant, and writer who acts as Senior Editor and Director of Programs for Toronto not-for-profit Good Food Revolution
- Cass Enright, from The Bar Towel, Ontario's premiere beer resource

www.beaus.ca/oktoberfest

ps. Early Bird tickets to go on sale August 19th. Shhh...

2011 Sep 29
It's on this weekend (Saturday is sold out). Put your lederhosen on...
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2011 Sep 29
...wool-lined lederhosen hopefully. It looks to be a chilly weeekend.

It won't keep me from Pascale's ice cream bars, but hopefully there will be some good stews and other cool-weather foods. I like the look of their beer line-up this year, though I still think back fondly to Opa's Gose and wish it was back this year. Excited to try their take on a pumpkin ale.

2011 Sep 29
The Saturday of the Beau's Oktoberfest is easily in my top 3 favourite days of the year. Can't wait.