Join us on Saturday, October 5th, for our American Kickoff Festival at Shipgarten! Adults and children of all ages are welcome as there will be Oktoberfest activities going on throughout the day! ***Shipgarten opens at 11 AM & the festival runs from 1 PM until 6 PM. The restaurant closes at 2 AM*** COMPETITIONS: -2:00 Pie Eating Contest (Fastest to Clear a Plate of Whipped Cream Wins $25 Gift Card!) -3:00 Cornhole Tournament (Bracket-style, Winning Team Wins $50 Gift Card!) -4:00 Keg Curling (Most Reps of an Empty Keg in 1 Minute Wins $25 Gift Card!) -5:00 Stein Hoisting (Longest Endurance Holding a Filled Stein Wins $25 Gift Card!) ♫ Tyler Goldsten Trio Live Music (3:30 PM - 7:30 PM) ♫ Shipgarten After Dark with Bianca Diamond (8:00 PM - 2:00 AM) 👊UFC 307 Watch Party: Pereira vs Rountree Jr. (8:00PM) "Shipgarten offers 2-155" TV Walls, 8 TVs, 3 outdoor projectors & 3 indoor Projectors!!!! ADDITIONALLY ➳ Meet and Greet Brewery Reps from Germany & the US and get some BIER-ducation from them. Throughout the day each rep will talk about the history, flavor and process fo the biers they are pouring ➳ Various beers to sample from local and international breweries ➳ Photo Booth with Accessories for you and your pup(s)! ➳Cookout featuring great food including grilled burgers and hot dogs ➳Mulled wine & cocktails ➳Dog Friendly (Check out our Dog menu, play in the dog park, or just bring your pup along) ➳ Lawn Games & Activities including ladder toss, cornhole, connect 4, giant chess & checkers & MORE) ➳ Giveaways, Competitions & Prizes Click here for Festival Menu ✪ Featured Breweries ✪ Bitter Fruit Iron Simms Peach Chamomile Saison Farmhouse Ale - Saison ⁄ 6.5% ABV ⁄ 195 CAL ⁄ Chantilly, VA ⁄ Bitter Fruit Kickin It WIT B. Mitch Wheat Beer - Witbier ⁄ 5% ABV ⁄ 150 CAL ⁄ Chantilly, VA ⁄ Brewed in collaboration with former NFL kick returner Brian Mitchell. This beer was brewed at Old Bust Head. Hacker-Pschorr Münchner (Munich) Gold Lager - Dortmunder ⁄ 5.5% ABV ⁄ 15 IBU ⁄ 165 CAL ⁄ Munich, Bayern ⁄ “Munich Gold” closely resembles our Münchner Hell in terms of taste and mainly owes its popularity to a slightly higher original gravity and the malty note. The result is a full-bodied yet mild taste which delivers an increasingly bitter note before culminating into an aromatic finish. A real treat for true beer connoisseurs! The types of barley grown in the Swabian Jura and in the Upper Palatinate Region of Bavaria are excellently suited for the production of this timeless classic. Hacker-Pschorr has been brewing beer in the traditional Bavarian manner since 1417. The high-quality beers the brewery produces are all brewed in accordance with the Bavarian Purity Law and contain only water, malt and hops. Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen Märzen ⁄ 5.8% ABV ⁄ 174 CAL ⁄ Munich, Bayern ⁄ The traditional Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen. Note that this is not the Festbier served at the Wies'n. Paulaner Brauerei Oktoberfest Märzen / Original Münchner Märzen Märzen ⁄ 5.8% ABV ⁄ 20 IBU ⁄ 174 CAL ⁄ Munich, Bayern ⁄ An amber beer style that was developed over 200 years ago to celebrate the original Oktoberfest. The Märzen name comes from “March beer” because it was historically brewed in March to be at peak flavor for the Oktoberfest celebration. Today this style is available year-round in the US due to popular demand. Paulaner Brauerei Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier Festbier ⁄ 6% ABV ⁄ 180 CAL ⁄ Munich, Bayern ⁄ Ever since 1818 we have brewed our bottom-fermented Oktoberfest Bier during Oktoberfest – Germany’s favourite Oktoberfest beer and a true institution in Munich. The glass is full of October sunshine, strong and golden. The perfect balance of a light taste of hops and a strong note of malt. A feast of a beer, which always goes down well. This beer is only brewed for the Oktoberfest. That’s where it belongs, along with all the fun of the fair like the Ferris wheel and roasted almonds. The fact that we can brew this beer every year for the Oktoberfest is an honour and a pleasure. We belong to the 6 breweries, which have the exclusive permission to supply their beer at the largest folk festival in the world where we serve over a million litres in our beer tents – brought to your table by waitresses who easily carry ten 1 litre beer mugs (Mass) at once. A distinguishing feature from other festival beers is the particular harmony of balance between the sweeter taste of malt and that of the hops. The initial mild taste followed by a stronger note, invites you to take a second taste. By tradition it is also slightly stronger than a normal Lager, but the high grade of fermentation makes it particularly easy to drink. Friends of a good beer like to take the time to savour their beer, ideally with a typical beer tent snack like smoked mackerel or radish with bread and chives and mini meatballs. WINE La Crema Sauvignon Blanc La Crema Cabernet Sauvignon La Crema Monterey Pinot Noir La Crema Monterey Chardonnay PARKING: 1700 Old Meadow Road, McLean, VA 22102. Parking is conveniently located five minutes away by foot and we offer a completely free, pet friendly, and complimentary Shuttle Bus service that runs on a continuous loop to and from the venue and parking lot! Another alternative is our $20 valet service. We are also conveniently located steps away from the McLean Metro Station. Uber Drop Off: 7581 Colshire Dr., McLean, VA 22102