Oktoberfest American Kickoff: Beer & Cocktail Festival
Shipgarten 7581 Colshire Dr, McLean, VAJoin us on Saturday, October 7th, 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*** AMERICAN COMPETITIONS: 2:00 PM - Rubber Band Cup Shooting 3:00 PM - Keg Curling 4:00 PM - Minute Jenga 5:00 PM - Stein Hoisting ♫ Live Jeffer Herbert (12:30PM - 3:30PM) ♫ Live B12 (4:00 PM - 7:30 PM) ♫ Live DJ Khozz (8:00 PM - 2:00 AM) "Shipgarten offers 2-155" TV Walls, 8 TVs, 2 outdoor projectors & 3 indoor Projectors!!!! You can buy wine, beer, and cider by the bottle AND MORE!!!... ➳ Hot Spiked Apple Cider ➳ Hot Non-Alcoholic Apple Cider ➳ Apple Pie Moonshines ➳ Apple Sangrias ➳ 50+ Beers and Ciders to sample (Jockey boxes will be set up with various types of beers for you to sample) ➳ Meet and Greet Brewery and Cider Reps! ➳ Bier & Cider with 50+ Samples ➳ Bratwursts, Pretzels, Wings, Special of the Day ➳ Outdoor Games & Activities ➳ Pet Friendly ➳ Giveaways, Competitions, & Prizes ➳ Kids' Corner with Face Painting, Moon Bounce, Crafts, and More ➳ Photo Booth Click here for Festival Menu ✪ Featured Breweries ✪ 6 Bears & A Goat Bär Hafen Märzen / 6.2% ABV / 22 IBU / 186 CAL / Fredericksburg, VA / An elegant, malty German amber lager with a clean, rich, toasty and bready malt flavor, restrained bitterness, and a dry finish that encourages another drink. Alewerks Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin / 7.3% ABV / 219 CAL / Williamsburg, VA / This amber colored ale is loaded with Pumpkin pie aroma and flavor. It actually does taste like Pumpkin pie! At 7.3% ABV, it will keep you warm on a cool... Alewerks Pumpkin Latte Pumpkin / 7.3% ABV / 219 CAL / Williamsburg, VA / Alewerks' world-famous Pumpkin Ale brewed with coffee, vanilla, and lactose. BarrieHaus Beer Oktoberfest Märzen / 5.5% ABV / 165 CAL / Tampa, FL / Beale's Oktoberfest Märzen / 5.6% ABV / 18 IBU / 168 CAL / Bedford, VA / This annual favorite is back again! Celebrating the season with this classic German style. Brasserie Dubuisson Bush Blonde Triple Belgian Strong Golden Ale / 10.5% ABV / 21 IBU / 315 CAL / Pipaix, Wallonie / In this tripel, the in-bottle re-fermentation has given an intense effervescence to the aromas of the Bush Blonde. The re-fermentation has also sympathetically developed the Blonde's well-rounded, tender character. Brasserie Dubuisson Bush Caractère Belgian Strong Golden Ale / 12% ABV / 25 IBU / 360 CAL / Pipaix, Wallonie / Introduced in 1933 under the name of “Bush Beer”, this is one of the oldest specialty beers in Belgium and the flagship brand of the Dubuisson Brasserie. The Bush Caractère is... Brooklyn Cider House Bone Dry Cider - Traditional / 6.9% ABV / 150 IBU / 207 CAL / New Paltz, NY / Brooklyn Cider House Half Sour Cider - Traditional / 5.8% ABV / 174 CAL / New Paltz, NY / Brooklyn Cider House Little Wild Cider - Traditional / 5% ABV / 150 CAL / New Paltz, NY / Little Wild is a semi-sweet, wild-fermented cider that is tart, earthy and bursting with fresh apple, citrus and honey aromas. Brooklyn Cider House Raw Cider - Traditional / 6.9% ABV / 207 CAL / New Paltz, NY / Brooklyn Cider House Rosé Cider - Rosé / 5.8% ABV / 174 CAL / New Paltz, NY / Fruity, bubbly, off-dry Brouwerij De Halve Maan Brugse Zot Belgian Blonde / 6% ABV / 23 IBU / 180 CAL / Bruges, Vlaanderen / Brugse Zot is a goldenblond beer with a rich froth and a fruity flavouring. The beer is brewed with four different kinds of malt and two aromatic varieties of hop... Brouwerij De Halve Maan Straffe Hendrik Brugs Tripel Bier 9° 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... Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei DAB Export / Dortmunder Export Lager - Dortmunder / 5% ABV / 23 IBU / 150 CAL / Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen / Following the introduction of the bottom-fermented brewing process in the mid-19th century, a new beer type became popular and shaped the consumption habits of beer drinkers. The fresh, pale brew... Drunk Fruit Lychee Hard Seltzer Hard Seltzer / 4.5% ABV / 135 CAL / Sterling, VA / Lychee is a tropical fruit that is beloved staple of Asian households worldwide and one of the most common flavors in Asian snacks. Our seltzer captures the floral aromas of... Drunk Fruit Melon Hard Seltzer Hard Seltzer / 4.5% ABV / 135 CAL / Sterling, VA / Honeydew melon is an iconic flavor in the world of Asian sweets. Ours takes inspiration from perhaps the most iconic of them all: the Melona bar, an ice pop that... Drunk Fruit Yuzu Hard Seltzer Hard Seltzer / 4.5% ABV / 135 CAL / Sterling, VA / Yuzu is a unique citrus fruit commonly found in Japanese cuisines. Its flavor profile is blend between a grapefruit and a mandarin orange. Our crisp double-filtered seltzer accentuates the signature... Fair Winds Nautifest Märzen / 5.5% ABV / 20 IBU / 165 CAL / Lorton, VA / Oktoberfestbier - Vienna and Dark Munich malts drive the toasty malt backbone to this copper colored lager. Lightly hopped with German noble hops Tettnanger and Hallertau Mittelfruh for a subtle,... Hardywood Park Farmhouse Pumpkin Pumpkin / 8.5% ABV / 21 IBU / 255 CAL / Richmond, VA / Brewed in the style of the farmhouse ales of Belgium's southern countryside, Hardywood Farmhouse Pumpkin utilizes a blend of rye, wheat and barley in the grain bill, earthy