Fremont Oktoberfest 2008

With over 70 microbrews on tap this year, guests will have the opportunity to find their favorite seasonal brew. Breweries such as Laughing Buddha will debut their new fall flavors - Purple Yam Porter will be Laughing Buddha’s premier at Fremont Oktoberfest. “Instead of a pumpkin ale, we’re giving our fall seasonal an Asian-fusion spin,” says Laughing Buddha’s Chris Castillo. He also admits the concoction is still a work in progress. “We’re experimenting with the proportion of purple yams to purple sweet potatoes.”

Fremont Oktoberfest is one of the only places you can drink Lazy Boy Brewing Company’s extra strong Big Double Trouble IPA. “They bring more each year, people are eager to get their hands on this beer!” says festival organizer Phil Megenhardt. Last year, the taps ran out of “Big Double Trouble” on Saturday night, so consider that added incentive to get an advance ticket and a head start on sampling all the festival has to offer including: the new Miss Buxom Contest, wine garden, cigar lounge and BMX stunt bicyclists, as well as the return of Tap House Grill’s Buxom Beer Garden and the always popular Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving Contest.

You can purchase advance tickets for Fremont Oktoberfest 2008 online or in person at Anytime Fitness in Fremont, Destee-Nation Shirt Company, Frontier Bank (Fremont Branch), Marketime Foods, Sonic Boom Records (Ballard and Capitol Hill) Tap House Grill (Bellevue & Seattle) and Bottleworks.

Online tickets: http://www.fremontoktoberfest.com
More on Fremont’s 12th Oktoberfest at http://www.fremontoktoberfest.com