Oktoberfest Recap

I missed a few days of posting.  Everyone around here was very busy and I had to keep my eye on things.  If you don't already know, I have to shadow Mike at all times.  I must know where he is at.  With all the running around I got confused, but I am better now that Oktoberfest is done.  Mike did all the graphics and signs for the event.  Laura was the "event organizer."

The first annual Oktoberfest: Root • Beer • Float, A Black Beer and Root Beer Festival, hosted by the Pacific City Association, was held Saturday, September 20th in Pacific City, Oregon. We define Black Beer as, "If it's clear, it ain't beer."  The weather was perfect and the turnout was great. Laura and the PCA would like to thank all those who attended and volunteered.

Visitors registered in the center of town. They received a Treasure Map to find glass floats. They toured the downtown, looking in each business for authentic glass floats.

Kids of all ages tested their taster at the Root Beer Tasting Contest. They tried to be the first to identify a store brand root beer. The prize for the winner of each heat was a handful of root beer barrel candy.

Don Hirch provided German music on his accordion. The German Club of Portland Community College provided edutainment.

The Root Beer Kindergarten and Black Beer Garden was the heart of the celebration. Five root beers and nine black beers were available for tasting. The first root beer to sell out was Henry Weinhard's.  We also had Pelican Root Beer, Jones, Virgil's and Thomas Kemper.

Of the nine Black Beers, the People’s Choice winner, with 31.25% of the vote, was Lost Coast Eightball Stout. This brewery from Eureka, California was awarded a large glass float as the trophy for the first Oktoberfest in Pacific City, Oregon.

Pelican Tsunami Stout from Pacific City, Oregon and Deschutes Black Butte Porter from Bend, Oregon tied for Second Place, 15.6% of the vote for each.

The other beers were: Bridgeport Porter from Portland, Oregon; Rogue Mocha Porter from Newport, Oregon; Terminal Gravity Porter from Enterprise, Oregon; Roots Excalibur Stout from Portland, Oregon; Mt. Hood Hogsback Oatmeal Stout from Government Camp, Oregon and Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout from Boonville, California.

All voters were entered into a drawing for an art glass float thanks to The Dapper Frog.

Being a German dog, I love Oktoberfest.  Join us next year, September 19th 2009.