German supermarket chain Aldi has Oktoberfest supplies on sale starting this week as it does every year. So if you’re planning your own private beer drinking festival go and stock up. You’ll find plently of traditional Bavarian treats such as saurkraut, German style mustards, potato rösti, bretzels, Weisswurst and plenty … Continue reading
It was a rainy day in Munich for the opening of the 183rd Oktoberfest but that didn’t dampen the spirits of plenty of festival goers who began queing before sunrise for prime open ceremony positions. Some 6 million people are expected to attend this years festival. As is tradition, the … Continue reading
Construction of the beer tents at Theresienwiese in Munich is well underway with Oktoberfest 2016 due to begin on September 17th. Of course the local Oktoberfest events here in Australia tend to begin long after Munich has settled down and the beer tents are going back into their storage containers. … Continue reading
The big new player in Melbourne for the past year has been the Munich Brauhaus, and I mean BIG! It’s capable of seating over 700 diners at any one time and has space for up to 1100 guests when you include the bar areas. It’s run by the same group … Continue reading
Löwenbräu Keller in The Rocks, Sydney, has been operating since 1976 and takes its name from one of the 6 Munich breweries represented at Oktoberfest. The restaurant offers a traditional Munich basement style venue with all of the traditional German food and beer to match. As you’d expect they have … Continue reading
Do you want to go a step further in bringing that authentic Bavarian beer garden or Oktoberfest experience to your own home? Well there’s a certain style of table and bench seat that anyone who’s been to Munich would be quite familiar with. They’re in all of the Oktoberfest beer … Continue reading
The German Club in Adelaide is run by the South Australian German Association which was formed in 1886 by German immigrants and their descendants. Of course is goes without saying that if you’re looking for an Oktoberfest celebration in Adelaide, it doesn’t get much more authentic than theirs. Hosted over … Continue reading
The Hofbräuhaus in has been a Melbourne icon since it opened in Market Lane in 1968. Thanks to German ex-pat Helmut Meyer, it was the first of the Hofbräuhaus franchises to open outside of Europe. Badly damaged by a fire in 2011 it was fully renovated and reopened Serving all of … Continue reading
