OKTOBERFEST @ DORCHESTER BREWING

Dorchester Brewing’s Oktoberfest is BACK and better than ever in 2023!

WEEKEND-LONG party in Dorchester featuring live music, Bierhall GAMES, German beer releases, brats (and eating contests…), Lederhosen, and Dirndl to celebrate Oktoberfest and the German beer tradition.

Friday:

Beer releases, full liter pours, food specials from M&M Barbecue

 

Saturday:

MORE beer, MORE German. Plus…

• Stein holding competition @ 1pm – winner gets a $150 gift card AND a mixed German 4-pack! Sign up here (registration fee includes entry to the competition and your DBC-branded competition 1L stein): https://www.exploretock.com/dorchesterbrewingcompany/event/428066/stein-holding-competition-saturday-september-16th-1pm
  
• Bratwurst eating competition @ 1:30pm – winner gets a $150 gift card AND a mix ed German 4-pack! Sign up here (registration fee includes entry to the competition, your competition brats, and a DBC-branded 1L stein): https://www.exploretock.com/dorchesterbrewingcompany/event/432120/brat-eating-contest-saturday-september-16th-130pm
  
• LIVE MUSIC (2-5pm) from The Brockton Cosmo band (a 5-piece traditional German band) – they will be bringing the tunes to celebrate in tradition and style
• DJ’s Market will be doing a pop-up with German chocolate cupcakes!

 

Sunday:

MORE beer. And…

• LIVE MUSIC from the Grüvmeiners from 1-3pm (tuba, trombone, alto saxophone, trumpet, and accordion – like a German beer hall band but playing a variety of music likely to have been featured on your favorite ’80s cassette mix tape)
• MORE stein-holding contest @ 3pm – winner gets a $150 gift card AND a mixed German 4-pack! Sign up here (registration fee includes entry to the competition and your DBC-branded competition 1L stein): https://www.exploretock.com/dorchesterbrewingcompany/event/428069/stein-holding-competition-sunday-september-17th-3pm
  

 

Beer!

FOUR new releases: Festbier, Helles, Dunkelweizen, Schwarzbier – and an All-German Flight featuring all four. AND limited-time (and limited inventory) German Mixed 4-Packs available to-go from the taproom!

All four German styles will also be available in full liter pours in a limited-edition Dorchester-branded stein (additional purchase for the stein)

 

Food!

In addition to their amazing barbecue menu, M&M BBQ will also be offering limited-time, weekend-only German-inspired food specials

 

Music!

Saturday: LIVE German music from The Brockton Cosmo Band

Sunday: LIVE music from The Grüvmeiners

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