Oktoberfest #17 In Review – Too Good Again
I haven’t blogged since before Oktoberfest. A blessing you say? Maybe. But I prefer to think of my blog entries as necessary building blocks to the new year, heading into the next Oktoberfest. You see, the Ale House year begins the day after Oktoberfest, always a...
Oktoberfest #17 Music Lineup
For 16 years now, the Moon Hill Brewing Co. and Gardner Ale House have been featuring their Oktoberfest celebration, dubbed “Party in the Street” and for 16 years we have never had a real Bavarian Folk Music band. People ask why and my answer was always simple, “We...
Masskrugstemmen (or Steinholding)
When I first heard of Masskrugstemmen I couldn’t believe my eyes. Not only could I not pronounce it, I couldn’t believe my luck in finding it. Such a complicated name! But then I registered that this was a German word; tough-to-say is a no-brainer in...
Chair Luge #14
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck, but from the eyes of beholders of the luge. – Almost Shakespeare It is such poetic reverence that I hold for the luge, that you might hold too; in that for an afternoon you may enjoy beyond a normal fall day. Yes, #14. Was...
