The scale of Oktoberfest is hard to imagine, Dave explains, “There are usually about 11 breweries and each brewery had a tent which was about the size of a football field. On the first day of Oktoberfest, the decorated floats parade into the large fields where the beer tents are equally decorated and at the strike of noon, the first barrels are ‘cracked’ to start the celebrations. Attendees range from infants to ancients!” The whole city and country come together to celebrate the beer harvest, production, and tasting. “It’s beer drinking with your friends in the late summer at a beautiful location. We asked Dave about his favourite parts and memories of Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest visitors like having a toast before drinking, a so-called “Prosit”. Alternatively, you could also say “Zum Wohl” (“ To your health”). Photo credit: InterNations Blog The Oktoberfest experience Dave now resides in Ottawa, Ontario and at this time of the year longs to be hollering “Prost!” with his friends in the beer tents. At the beginning of the festival, there’s a huge parade where each brewery gets a float which has their first beer barrels on the back,” recounts Dave Bradly who experienced Oktoberfest and lived in Munich, Germany for 7 years. “It’s a huge fun fair and there are a bunch of food vendors who most often sell roasted chicken and shredded radish. Festival-goers enjoy traditional foods such as Steckerlfisch (grilled fish on a stick), Käsespätzle (cheese noodles), along with Bavarian delicacies like Obatzda (a spicy cheese-butter spread) and Weißwurst (a white sausage). It isn’t solely focused on drinking beer. In fact, in 2013, a whopping 7.7 million litres of beer were served over the 16 days. Oktoberfest attendees experience a 16 to 18 day festival loaded with amusement rides, side stalls, games, and most obviously: tons and tons of beer is consumed. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city gates to celebrate the happy royal event. Since then, it has become an annual festival and celebration accompanied by attractions, fun moments with old and new friends, traditional Volkfest food….and of course a lot of German beer. The history books stated that Oktoberfest originated in Munich, Germany on the 12 th of October in 1810 when Crown Prince Ludwig (later to become King Ludwig I) married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen.
Wolfe Island Spring Brewery, Wolfe Islandĭid you know that Oktoberfest actually starts in the middle to late September and runs through to about the first week of October? It is the world’s largest Oktoberfest in Germany meaning ‘folk fest’, is a beer festival or travelling funfair. Sawdust City Brewing Company, Gravenhurst Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario Craft Breweries we have featured since the beginning…īarley Days Brewery, Prince Edward CountyĬovered Bridge Brewing, Stittsville (Ottawa) To all of the brewery owners & brewmasters we’ve worked with – keep up the great work!
We raise a glass to all of our Savvy Hip Hops subscribers who have joined us on this beer soaked journey & encourage them to continue to support Ontario craft breweries as they are making mighty fine beers. Here is a list of some of the breweries we have featured over the years. It was a great adventure discovering breweries in every corner of the province and delivering them to our subscribers doorstep. As of June 2019, we have decided to sunset Savvy Hip Hops subscriptions. We have organized thousands of deliveries of all kinds of beers to our subscribers across Ontario.
Savvy Hip Hops has been our way of sharing those discoveries with craft beer enthusiasts. Rave reviews from our customers & clients (3)įor over 6 years, our Savvy Brew Crew has roamed the backroads to discover craft beers you can’t always find on the shelves at The Beer Store, LCBO or grocery stores.
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