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Notch Starkbierfest – Salem!
March 16 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
STARKBIERFEST COMETH! Starkbierzeit (strong beer season) is coming, and with it comes Notch’s annual Starkbierfest! Their yearly cold weather festival celebrates strong bier, Bavarian fare & live Volkstümliche musik, as well as the hot poke from their LOGGERHEAD that delivers a warm marshmallow like foam on top of the cold starkbiers.
This Bavarian hot poke tradition called “bierstacheln” was kept alive in the US by the Schell Brewery in Minnesota, and Notch honors them as the hot poke kings (brewers, you should too…). The misperception is that the beer caramelizes, but it is the FOAM that caramelizes and the beer stays relatively cold. How? Science. Come to Starkbierfest and we’ll explain.
Salem, March 16th, Sunday
12PM – 6PM both days
Free admission!
21+ event!
Loggerhead Munich-style Dopplebock, 7.5% ABV. Triple decocted, open fermented, lagered horizontally forever.
Loggerhead (Bierstacheln) hot pokes (Starkbier only!)
Live volkstümliche musik from TubaFrau!
Brats and leberkäse off the blackstone in the Biergarten, along with Bavarian soft pretzels (served w/ butter, mustard or Obatzda) BRAND NEW Starkbierfest steinkrugs for sale, or bring your own – BYOSK.
Trachten encourage event (lederhosen & dirndl)!@schellsbeer Bierstacheln credit
