My favorite time of the beer year is autumn. Festbiers and pumpkin beers I find most delicious; maybe it’s the lead up to Halloween or the aroma and spices, I’m never sure. In the past few years, formal Oktoberfest celebrations have really exploded in Hawai’i. It seems like almost every brewery and bar does their own version with amazing beers and beer and German food.
The contests are silly and fun. They do a stein holding contest for the ladies and gents; there are some amazing shows of strength! The chicken dance contest lets you see people really shake it and let loose. The chugging contest is tough due solely to the lousy non-alcoholic beer involved, but we won anyway.
I’m thankful for places like this that let a Pennsylvania boy celebrate his roots, and enthusiastic people to join! Prost!