Comments on: Fall Festivals Galore

By: gary

gary — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:38:14 +0000

Manayunk gets no love, ever. Next Saturday is the Manayunk StrEAT Food Fest: http://manayunk.com/component/content/article/153

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:02:06 +0000

We would be foolish to disagree about last year. We also totally understand why some folks have sour feelings about it. What I can tell you 100% is it isn’t greed driven. We did not expect 200 people to arrive by noon any more than we expected a line of 40 people at 10am. We were overwhelmed on every level. Without the outdoor seating we would have been turning people away. It is a catch-22 because that would have come up as an issue. When we started this, we had 13 pumpkin beers. That was only 4 years ago and now it is up to over 50. I would reference what I posted before about how we have taken steps to address what went wrong last year and ensure this year is fun for everyone.

By: Lucille

Lucille — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:36:54 +0000

Anna, When is Lobsterfest? I only see some beautiful looking pork chops on their webpage. http://tinyurl.com/8gj4w7f

By: AnnaMoran

AnnaMoran — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:13:13 +0000

John, I agree. The Lobstoberfest at Bierstube was the best Oktoberfest event. MealTicket has better coverage of all the events http://ow.ly/dST44

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:21:20 +0000

We posted the list on our Facebook page but yea pretty much all of them including a few that will only be at our event. At last count we were at 53.

I can spill the beans now about our outdoor beer pouring. Charlie just finished the taps for what is probably the only of it’s kind outdoor tap system. Pretty sick.

By: Foobooz

Foobooz — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:16:38 +0000

With now 50 pumpkin beers confirmed I'd guess all of them.

By: John Dory

John Dory — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:47:59 +0000

Anywhere to see the list and menu for pumpkin fest at the Institute? Also, Bierstube has some great stuff planned. Their beer is far superior than Brauhaus, in my opinion.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:10:46 +0000

I;m glad Tony brought up the topic. We have been working on our pumpkin festival–which is not only the 2nd largest in the country–but it is the 2nd largest pumpkin beer festival in the world (Only Elysian has a bigger fest and we will have several of those on as well as having brewmaster/founder Dick Cantwell hanging out with us) This year we have both beer and food set up outside. Instead of having to wait around for table servers everyone can walk up to the beer and the food, get what they want and spend more time enjoying the day. It is cash only outside. All beer and food prices will be even dollar amounts.
Second we will have Porta-Pots outside.
Third, we have streamlined the menu considerably. There are a total of 6 items for the day (after brunch) which hopefully will allow for a steady flow both inside and outside. We reviewed the top selling items and came up with a list that we feel should make everyone happy.
Finally we are staffed 3 times more this year than last.
We are confident that this year should be great for everyone.
One final note, brunch was a ticketed event and it is sold out.

By: Elron Hubbard

Elron Hubbard — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:07:28 +0000

In regards to the Pumpkin Beer Festival at Institute:

Year 1 was a mess at the Institute, then they got it right Year 2 and screwed it up again Year 3 by getting greedy and going bigger.

By: Rebs

Rebs — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:12:54 +0000

What about Newtown Brewfest? http://www.weather.com/weather/5-day/Buckingham+PA+18912:4:US