Despite the fact that it is quite solidly September, Samuel Adams is hosting their annual Octoberfest this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 10 and 11, at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston. The celebration — an Americanized version of the classic German celebration of beer and fattening food — marks the 2010 release of Samuel Adams' Octoberfest seasonal beer. The event will feature over a dozen varieties of Samuel Adams beer in addition to the Octoberfest brew, traditional German music and drinking games.
For a small fee — a mere $15 for Saturday's event, $35 for Friday's kickoff event — attendees get a commemorative mug, a free pint of Samuel Adams Octoberfest beer and the chance to participate in a myriad of games, all celebrating the third-most consumed beverage on earth (behind water and tea, neither of which have their own 17-day festivals).
In addition to the beer appreciation, the event will also feature two traditional German bands: the Jolly Kopperschmidts German Band and the Oberlaendler Hofbrau Band.
The Jolly Kopperschmidts will be bringing a heartily German aesthetic with German and Bavarian folk music, while the Oberlaendler Hofbrau Band — appearing in traditional costume — mixes the old and the new with a repertoire of over 1,500 songs featuring both traditional German music and modern classics with a Bavarian twist.
While Samuel Adams Octoberfest may pale in comparison with the German original, Oktoberfest, the aforementioned 17-day festival which first took place in Munich in 1810 to commemorate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, it promises a day of fun for beer lovers in the Boston area.
Sorry, minors, 21+ with a photo ID only. Tickets are available online: www.beersummit.com.
