Celebrating Oktoberfest with Der Biergarten and Paulaner

Are you ready for an extra long Oktoberfest?<br/><br/>The official Oktoberfest celebration in Munich is 18 days long this year, an extra 2 days over the typical 16 to include German Unity Day.<br/><br/>If you're celebrating in America that doesn't matter because we start celebrating in September and run all the way through October, and sometimes November.  Because if there's a drinking holiday we're going to stretch it out as long as we can.<br/><br/>To get the party started we headed to Der Biergarten in Atlanta for the firs day of Oktoberfest.  The celebration included a whole roasted pig, an official "first" keg tapping, oompah music, and plenty of beer.<br/><br/>We talked with Austin Edwards, head brewer at STATS Brewpub (STATS and Der Biergarten are both part of the Legacy Ventures family) and Jay Toxey, the Southeast Regional Manager for Paulaner USA.  We enjoyed Paulaner's Festbier and Marzen and STATS Oktoberfest during the festivities.  In keeping with tradition we learn a bit about Oktoberfest - fun facts, stats, and trivia, and about the beer served at Munich's festival.<br/><br/>If you're in Atlanta and looking for some great German beer and food to celebrate then head to Der Biergarten, get you a liter of bier, and party on.<br/><br/>And if you haven't listened yet, be sure to check out our 6th Annual Oktoberfest Blind Beer Tasting!<br/><br/>Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.<br/><br/>Subscribe to Beer Guys Radio on your favorite app: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS<br/>Follow Beer Guys Radio: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube<br/> <br/>If you enjoy the show we'd appreciate your support on Patreon. Patrons get cool perks like early, commercial-free episodes, swag, access to our exclusive Discord server, and more!