Events
High Country BREWERY TRAIL new pocket brochure
Vineyard Back Road - Cycling Tours of the Beechworth Vineyards
Average return trip time is 5 hrs, depending on how quickly you cycle and how long you linger, suitable for the whole family, using bike paths & vineyard back roads... ROADS NOT NORMALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Saturday22nd September - Pennyweight Winery,
Fighting Gully Rd,
Indigo Vineyard,
Golden Ball,
Bridge Road Brewers.
Saturday20th October - Sorrenberg,
Pennyweight Winery,
Fighting Gully Rd,
Indigo Vineyard,
Amulet.
Saturday10th November - Ninth Mile,
Pennyweight Winery,
Indigo Vineyard,
Amulet,
Bridge Road Brewers.
Saturday1st December - Pennyweight,
A Rodda,
Indigo Vineyard,
Piano Piano,
Cow Hill,
Bridge Road Brewers.
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OKTOBERFEST- Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th October
Sample world class Beechworth beers at this years Oktoberfest. Beechworth craft-brewery Bridge Road Brewers is hosting its forth annual Oktoberfest, from its HUGE venue in the old coach house. The event is loosley based around the original Oktoberfest held in Munich in late September each year. Punters are encouraged to get out the Lederhosen or Dirndle (traditional bavarian dress) and enjoy the festivities. This family day will include childrens activities, and fun for all with a traditional ohmpah band belting out some great drinking tunes.
Bridge Road Brewers, established by Ben Kraus and his Austrian partner Maria Frischmann has been brewing its beers for a little over 5 years and has come a long way from its origins in the family garage where the business spent its first year. Its relocation to an old coach house in Beechworths centre has proven a success. The brewery has been able to expand its range of beers, currently nine, and increase its production capacity to almost double.
The new venue has also allowed the addition of a kitchen to the brewery, where, apart from the giant pretzels, pizzas are the pick of the lunch time menu. A recent trip to Europe for Ben and Maria, including some time in Italy, helped them develop the pizza menu which is based on traditional Italian style pizza. Bens recommends trying the apple and blue cheese pizza matched with the Bavarian Wheat Ale. Marias experience in hospitality also includes working at Munichs Oktoberfest as a beer maid.
The Beechworth Oktoberfest will be held at Bridge Road Brewers, off Ford St, behind Tanswells Hotel, rear access from High st. It will be held between 11am and 6pm on Sat 13th and Sun 14th of October.
For further inquiries please contact the brewery on 03 5728 2703, or drop into Bridge Road Brewers.
KELLY COUNTRY PICK BLUE GRASS FESTIVAL
This year’s 13 annual Bluegrass & Old Time Country Music Convention – otherwise known as the Kelly Country Pick - 24th - 26th August – offers a fabulous weekend of concerts, instrument and dance workshops, jam sessions, instrument displays, open mic sessions and a Sunday gospel sing-along in pubs and venues around Beechworth. The sensational Western swing band, the Dancehall Racketeers, will be a highlight of this year’s program.
Saturday 2-5pm The Brewery Concert.
Sunday 3-6pm Blackboard Concert at the Brewery.
More infor at http://www.kellycountrypick.org/
Extra Stuff................
A.I.B.A 2012
We WON 10 Awards in the 2012 International Beer Awards...
Chestnut Pilsner
Bling IPA
Celtic Red Ale
Chevalier Biere De Garde
Indian Saison
Beechworth Pale Ale
Galxy Single Hop IPA
Stella Single Hop IPA
Robust Porter
The Posse Summer Ale
The Town Bike
Check out the new Town Bikes The_Town_Bike_Info.pdf
Local Beers Among The Best.
Local Beechworth brewery Bridge Road Brewers have had another successful year at the Melbourne International Beer Awards. Their success was announced with the official awards ceremony held at Crown Casino’s “Paladium”.
Of the nine Beechworth beers entered in the competition a total of seven medals were awarded. Their medal tally consisting of two silver and five bronze. The Bridge Road Brewers team are very happy with their results, proving their local drop can mix it with the best beers in the world. Brewer Ben Kraus said the competition and judging standards are getting tougher, with no Victorian beer being awarded a Gold medal this year, and much fewer medals being awarded overall. This he says is not a reflection on a drop in beer quality, in fact quite the opposite, with standards across the world of craft brewing being raised significantly.