Oktoberfest Beer, Wine, Chocolate & Candy Pairing Festival
Shipgarten 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VAFree Tickets Here Join us at Shipgarten on October 28th to pair beer, wine, and liquor with chocolate and candy! Have this unique experience at Shipgarten located in Tysons Corner, VA! ***Shipgarten opens at 11 AM & the festival runs from 1 PM until 6 PM. Restaurants close at 2 AM*** EVENT SCHEDULE: Adult Trick or Treat Stations ALL DAY -- multiple stations set up for trick-o-treating (for Adults) 2:00 PM Ngannou vs Fury Boxing Match 2:30 PM Marshmallow into Stein Toss contest 3:00 PM Candy Chopstick Challenge 4:00 PM Keg Curling Competition 5:00 PM Stein Hoisting Contest 🎵 1:00-4:30 PM - Daniel Mench 🎵 4-7:30 PM - James Stevens ♫ 8:00 PM-2:00 AM - Shipgarten After Dark feat DJ KHOZZ - Bier-O-Ween Dance party with $500 in prizes Free Tickets Here ADDITIONALLY: ➳40+ beer & cider tastings from local breweries to choose from ➳ Photo Booth with Accessories ➳Great food ➳Dog Friendly (Check out our Dog menu, play in the dog park, or just bring your pup along) ➳ Bratwursts, Pretzels, Wings, & Special of the Day! ➳ Outdoor Games & Activities ➳ Giveaways, Competitions & Prizes ➳ Kids Corner with Face Painting, Moon Bounce, Crafts and more! Click here for Festival Menu ✪ Featured Breweries ✪ Lost Rhino RhinO'fest paired with Reese's Märzen / 5.5% ABV / 21 IBU / 165 CAL / Ashburn, VA / A beer designed for the funfair of traditional German culture (which wouldn’t be complete without beer). Our Märzen is an excellent companion to Autumn’s first chill with its full body, malty flavors and a clean, dry finish. Malty, smooth, and toasty amber lager. Lost Rhino Meridian Kolsch paired with Starburst Kölsch / 5% ABV / 25 IBU / 150 CAL / Ashburn, VA / From Meridian Hill across the Prime Meridian, wherever you’re headed, travel light with our classic Kolsch. The perfect companion to keep you fresh even days after your last real shower. Fruity and soft, with mild bitterness Lost Rhino Face Plant paired with Starburst IPA - American / 6.8% ABV / 65 IBU / 204 CAL / Ashburn, VA / A strong, malty backbone balances the mountain of whole cone hops we pack into our American Style IPA. Moderate grapefruit bitterness and herbal aromas take your palate for a ride. Malty, citrusy and resinous, with moderate bitterness. Ace Cider (The California Cider Company) HIGH! Imperial Peach paired with Skittles Cider - Other Fruit / 8% ABV / 240 CAL / Sebastopol, CA / How High? Well, we breached the peak. Orange & Pink Sunsets are now within reach. You’re laying on the soft cheek of a keen peach. Keep soaring the 8.0% ABV Cider High Line. Ace Cider (The California Cider Company) HIGH! Imperial Berry paired with Skittles Cider - Other Fruit / 8% ABV / 240 CAL / Sebastopol, CA / How High? Pie in the sky. Blackberry, Raspberry, and Strawberry sunsets. A triple berry blast of rich yumminess. Swimming in an imperial, 8.0% abv cider. Rose colored glasses for the soul. Ace Cider (The California Cider Company) Ace Pineapple Cider paired with Almondjoy Cider - Other Fruit / 5% ABV / 150 CAL / Sebastopol, CA / Ace Pineapple is the world's original Pineapple cider. While on vacation in Hawaii, we tried adding fresh pineapple juice to our apple cider and it resulted in this delicious tropical libation! Tucher Bräu Lager Hell/Helles paired with Milky Way Lager - Helles / 5.2% ABV / 156 CAL / Fürth, Bayern / The term lager developed at the end of the 14th century with the introduction of bottom-fermented brewing. Wooden barrels were used for storage in cool cellars. Our Nuremberg Lager Hell is matured in oak barrels Tucher Bräu Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen paired with 3 Musketeers Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen / 5.2% ABV / 13 IBU / 156 CAL / Fürth, Bayern / A traditional, high fermented Bavarian yeast beer specialty with an accentuated wheat beer flavour and high vitamin B contents. Natural yeast cloudiness due to top fermentation. Brouwerij De Halve Maan Straffe Hendrik Brugs Quadrupel Bier 11° paired with Milk Duds Belgian Quadrupel / 11% ABV / 35 IBU / 330 CAL / Bruges, Vlaanderen / Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel, launched in 2010, is an intense beer, dark in colour and full in taste. The aroma is elegant, spicy and slightly roasted. The sophisticated blend of special kinds of malt give the beer a complex character, combining a delicate dryness with hints of coriander, dark fruits, anise and roasted chestnuts. The palate finishes in a syrupy taste. The refermentation in the bottle creates a living beer that will evolve over the years. Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel finds an excellent partner in chocolate when it comes to foodpairing. Brouwerij De Halve Maan Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripel Bier 9° paired with KitKat Belgian Tripel / 9% ABV / 35 IBU / 270 CAL / Bruges, Vlaanderen / Straffe Hendrik is a Bitter Tripel Ale of 9% abv. The beer was originally from Bruges and brewed in Bruges by brewery De Halve Maan. In 1981, Henri Maes and his daughter Véronique followed the demand of the mayor and created a strong blond beer for the inauguration of the statue of Sint-Arnoldus, the saint of all beer-brewers. However, the beer became so popular, that the demand for the beer continued. It was given the name of Straffe Hendrik (Strong Hendrick), since it was a rich and strong beer. Today, Straffe Hendrik is the last authentic Tripel Ale of Bruges. Alewerks Oktoberfest paired with Twix Märzen / 5.6% ABV / 168 CAL / Williamsburg, VA / Redbeard Blueberry Wheat Ale paired with Starburst Wheat Beer - American Pale Wheat / 4.5% ABV / 45 IBU / 135 CAL / Staunton, VA / Wheat Pale Ale with Natural Blueberry Two Roads Two Juicy paired with Skittles IPA - Imperial / 8.2% ABV / 42 IBU / 246 CAL / Stratford, CT / Two Juicy is an unfiltered, cloudy “New England style Double
