Shore Craft Beer’s OCtoberfest Details

While 2020 brought unimaginable uncertainty and a host of surprises to Delmarva and beyond,  it should not come as a surprise that O.C.toberfest Beer Weekend is back to help fight those 2020 blues. Shore Craft Beer’s OCtoberfest is back, baby! Shore Craft Beer Weekend for OCtoberfest The annual beer-stravaganza will take place the weekend of […]

Beer Notes: Oktoberfest Cancelled

April 21, 2020 was a sad day for Lord Mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter.  It was the day he had to announce the cancellation of the largest folk festival in the world, Oktoberfest.   This week on Beer Notes, we are discussing how the Covid 19 pandemic has changed the landscape of 2020 and perhaps […]

Beer Notes: Fall Festivals to Frame Your Beercation

September is the month when beer festivals really come into their own. This week on Beer Notes we are talking about regional craft beer festivals. Oktoberfest in Munich actually starts in September as  do many Octoberfest festivals here in the United States.  The beer centric festivities don’t slow down as we slide into the namesake […]

Beer Notes e1: A brief history of Oktoberfest and the Märzenbier

This script is from our first episode of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org.  Oktoberfest started with the pounding of hooves. This week on Beer Notes, we’re bringing you the history of Oktoberfest and the popular Oktoberfest beers. In 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The public […]