The Gold Coast Bulletin

PROST! COAST GETS READY TO PARTY, GERMAN STYLE

- KIRSTIN PAYNE kirstin.payne@news.com.au

ARE you ready for a good stein?

Locals looking for the best and the wurst of Oktoberfes­t at home need look no further as the German festival kicks off on the Gold Coast.

Revellers at The Bavarian Broadbeach are expected to consume a whopping 50 kegs of beer over the course of the celebratio­n of all things beer.

That is a rate of 2475 litres a week to accompany the hundreds of traditiona­l pork knuckles set to be devoured.

Rockpool Dining Group CEO Thomas Pash said Oktoberfes­t was the most exciting time of the year for The Bavarian.

“It’s already got off to a great start at The Bavarian Broadbeach and we have five more weeks of celebratio­ns,” he said.

“The Gold Coast is one of our strongest Oktoberfes­t celebratio­ns across the country.

“No one really gets behind it the way Gold Coast locals do – they love it. Our Gold Coast customers know how to have a good time. It’s in the blood.”

In addition, The Bavarian is opening at Westfield Coomera on Thursday, October 11 – smack bang in the middle of Oktoberfes­t, giving locals another location to join the festivitie­s.

If you’re keen to stretch your Lederhosen after all that beer or you’re just hungry, take part in one of four foodie challenges by eating a pork knuckle, a schnitzel, a pretzel or a doughnut pretzel to go into the draw to win a trip to Munich.

Five official Oktoberfes­t beers from Bavaria will be on tap on rotation over the five weeks.

 ?? Picture: RICHARD GOSLING ?? Hannah Roscoe and Jade Madeley are all set for Oktoberfes­t at The Bavarian Broadbeach.
Picture: RICHARD GOSLING Hannah Roscoe and Jade Madeley are all set for Oktoberfes­t at The Bavarian Broadbeach.

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