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16 October, 2023
Best beer fest at brewery
WITH refreshing and frothy lagers in hand, hundreds of Cairns residents took to Hemingway’s Brewery recently to celebrate Bavarian culture at the brewery’s annual Oktoberfest event.
On Saturday, October 7, festivalgoers got delighted with an all-Bavarian menu and a selection of refreshing German-style beers crafter especially for the festival by local breweries Macallister, Maggie Island, Copperlode, Billycart and home brewer, Hemingway’s.
Hemingway’s Brewery head of hospitality Roman Haslinger said this Oktoberfest had been the most successful in recent years.
“This is the best Oktoberfest we’ve held,” Mr Haslinger said.
“We had approximately 800 to 1000 visitors over the course of the day, which is a great turnout, one of the best we’ve had, both in atmosphere and outcome-wise it was the best.
“The most popular brewery on the day was Macallister, they had six especially crafted beers, although I can’t say which one was the crowd’s favourite, I really enjoyed the grapefruit Radler.”
