Date Night - German Bierfest

Due to scheduling complications, this month's date night turned into a date day.  We weren't sure what we were going to do for our daytime date, so when we found out that the German Bierfest was scheduled for that date, we immediately decided that was going to be our destination.

Sue is not a fan of beer, so she was happy to become our designated driver for the day. She proudly shows off her "x" indicating no beer for her.

The way it works at Beirfest is that we paid a flat $30 per person (except for Sue), then we were given a small glass and it was filled at the various beer tents. They supposedly had larger glasses for sale earlier, but sold out before we arrived.

There were many different brands and flavors of beers. One of the more unusual flavors was a smoked beer. I have a limited experience with German beers, so most of the ones available were unfamiliar to me.

There were samples of beer flavored ice cream. It was actually quite tasty - the beer taste was very mild.

 

There was German music playing. The first song we heard was the 80's classic, 99 Luftballons, the German version, of course. 

Many of the people in attendance were dressed in lederhosen and dirndl.

After a bit of beer sampling, we had to get some food. Chris & I shared a Black Forest sandwich and some German potato salad.

Chris & I taking a break in the shade.

 

Giant beer bottle

 

An view of the set-up.

We had a fun time and may try to hit it again next year.