DCist: Beer Fest Fever: Oktoberfestivals Roundup

orangeseahorse

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:57:20 -0500

Apparently they have a glass boot you can fill with draught beer at Cafe Berlin: http://districtschmistrict.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/pass-the-boot/ Has anyone ever been there? Is it any good?

LooLoo

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:51:48 -0500

Don't forget the beer flowing at the Germantown Oktoberfest coming up at Ridge Park on upper Rte 355. Also the Fort Meade Oktoberfest this weekend, open the public...

watchmen

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:26:46 -0500

oh denman, when aren't you excited to be a beer geek in dc? well done sir fantastic listing

downtown rez

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:22:00 -0500

Most of October is too warm in DC for the better Oktobefest beers. Gimme on of those on T-Day or later.

lacesoutdan

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:36:26 -0500

There's also an Oktoberfest in Frederick MD coming up the weekend of the 27th.

Virginia is for Losers

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:41:54 -0500

The Capital City Oktoberfest sounds like a good time, but why is it in Shirlington? Is Shirlington the capital of Arlington County? It's real nice how they always put these types of events where everybody is going to get completely shitfaced out of reach of Metrorail.

gnuhere

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:56:53 -0500

The corn dogs at Cap City Oktoberfest are really something special.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:19:35 -0500

"Dirt cheap happy hours" and "frat boy alcoholics" go together like "cannibal necrophile" and "Ward 8 Councilman." You really can't have one without the other. And why would you want to? They're your best entertainment value.

IMGoph

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:29:43 -0500

rj: it wasn't the worst tour in the world...

RJ

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:25:02 -0500

Trust me been burned by the 25 and 7 many times....$10 for some assurance is well worth it...hell its only $10 bucks...Plus take the 25c and be prepared to get a tour of south Arlington.

blittle

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:50:16 -0500

After spending a summer drinking case after case of Leine's Red the last thing I want to do is to think about the damn stuff. But, alas, I have to share that Black Cat's Red Room Ale is actually Leine's Red. Leinekugel allows bars to rename it whatever and sell it. So go thee to Black Cat and drink that god awful stuff. *shiver*

turkeyrotica

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:48:49 -0500

Rock Bottom has a similar dirt-cheap-beer happy hour one day every week. It would be really cool, if it didn't have the effect of bringing out every alcoholic ex-fratboy alcoholic within 10 miles of the Ballston Mall. Seriously, that place turns into Adams Morgan 2 AM Sunday morning, at around 5:30 PM.

IMGoph

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:15:42 -0500

rj: i took the bus to the shirlington oktoberfest last year. it was running very regularly, and only required walking 100 feet on each end to get to/from the metro and the beer. don't waste your money on a cab...

monkeyrotica

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:14:34 -0500

Do any stores around here carry Leinekugel's Red? All I can find is their fruity crap, particularly the stuff that tastes like lemon Pledge and farts.

erahk0

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:59:11 -0500

"I'm not sure if it's because I'm doomed by Montgomery County's horrendous liquor laws, or I'm just too far from the Great Lakes, but it's rather sad." ...maybe your just Bitters. ;-)

RJ

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:48:04 -0500

Also, a $10 cab ride from Pentagon City to Shirlington.....

TripleE

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:06:22 -0500

What you say?! Leinies does have some fruity flavors, and the Summer wheat tastes like boiled ass, but they also have a lot of other good beers. Their red ale is one of my all time favorites Unfortunately, I can't FIND most of their damn beers out here. I'm not sure if it's because I'm doomed by Montgomery County's horrendous liquor laws, or I'm just too far from the Great Lakes, but it's rather sad. ~EEE~

carn

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:54:28 -0500

Think they will actually have any of the beers on the menu at Brickskeller or, yknow, "something close?"

no_pants_mcgee

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:08:15 -0500

The 7A (once every half an hour) & 25 (once an hour) will both get you to the Pentagon metro station from Shirlington if you wanted to go to Capital City.

IMGoph

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:04:24 -0500

eric: thanks for putting this list together! this is going to be going on the calendar for sure!

IMGoph

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:03:57 -0500

jaynuze: leine's makes a lot of varieties that aren't sweet tasting. sounds like you got stuck with a honey wheat or raspberry wheat—and i'll admit, those are pretty damn fruity.

Jaynuze

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:24:24 -0500

"Leinenkugel is the beer supplier, so expect to drink lots of the same thing" Sweet crappy tasting beer. Fruity Pebbles anyone?