LAKEVIEW — It's all about beer, brats and pretzels this weekend when Oktoberfest returns to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church for the 14th year.
On Friday and Saturday night, there will be craft beer tastings from 6-9 p.m. in the church's "German Beer Hall." Tickets cost $40 and include admission to the fest, a pretzel necklace and 20 three-ounce tastings from regional craft breweries. Tickets are available here.
The lineup includes:
• 3 Sheeps Brewing (Sheboygan, Wis.)
Rebel Amber Ale
Waterslides IPA
• Ale Syndicate Brewers (Chicago)
Sunday Session Hopped-Up Ale
Van de Velde Belgo-American Ale
• Atlas Brewing Company (Chicago)
Diversey Pale Ale
Rookery Rye IPA
• Baderbräu Brewing Company (Chicago)
Czech Pilsener
Red Velvet Bock
• Brooklyn Brewery (New York, N.Y.)
Oktoberfest
Post Road Pumpkin Ale
• Central Water Brewing Company (Amherst, Wis.)
Mud Puppy Porter
Oktoberfest Lager
• Flying Dog Brewery (Frederick, Md.)
In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen
Doggie Style Pale Ale
• Founders Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
All Day IPA
Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale
• Goose Island Beer Company (Chicago)
Matilda
Sofie
• Great Lakes Brewing Company (Cleveland)
Dortmunder Gold Lager
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
• Kona Brewing Company (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii)
Castaway IPA
Longboard Island Lager
• Kulmbacher Brauerei AG (Germany)
Reichelbrau Eisbock
EKU Pils
• Local Option (Chicago)
Blood ov the Kings
Bourbon Barrel Aged Kentucky Common
• Louis Glunz Beers Inc. (Chicago)
• Milwaukee Brewing Co. (Milwaukee)
Hoptoberfest
Moon Milk Stout
• Moody Tongue Brewing Company (Chicago)
Crushed Green Coriander Wit
Paw Paw Belgian
• Redhook Brewery (Seattle)
Harvest
Out of Your Gourd Pumpkin Porter
• Saugatuck Brewing Company (Douglas, Mich.)
Bonfire Brown
Maggie's Irish Red
• Temperance Beer Company (Evanston)
Gatecrasher IPA
Smittytown ESB
• Tieton Cider Works (Tieton, Wis.)
Apricot Cider
Yakima Dry Hopped Cider
• Uinta Brewing (Salt Lake City)
Baba Black Lager
Punk'n Ale
• Uncommon Brewers (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
Baltic Porter
• Wyder's Cidery (Middlebury, Vt.)
Dry Pear
Reposado Pear
If you're looking for family-friendly activities, you might want to check out "Kinderfest," a children's festival featuring face painting, storytelling, inflatables, dance parties and arts and crafts. It runs 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
There will be two stages with live bands, who are slated to play polka music, rock and pop. To see the full schedule, click here.
The festival at 1429 W. Wellington Ave. runs 5-10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 Friday and Saturday and free Sunday, when football games will air on a giant-screen TV from 2-7 p.m.
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