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NEWTOWN
Established 2015
OH! V I E N N A
BEER
A cask conditioned version of a German Vienna Lager. Brewed with German Pilsner and Vienna malt flavoured with the finest Aurora, Perle and Styrian Fox hops.
The wort is fermented with a bottom-fermenting lager yeast at a cooler temperature than we ferment our British ales.
Availability - The LOST Room, Lee-on-the-Solent; West Street Alehouse, Fareham.​
HISTORY
Oktoberfest - an annual festival in Munich, Germany, held over a two-week period and ending on the first Sunday in October.
The festival originated on October 12, 1810, in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became King Louis I, to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The festival concluded five days later with a horse race held in an open area that came to be called Theresienwiese (“Therese’s green”).
The following year the race was combined with a state agricultural fair, and in 1818 booths serving food and drink were introduced. By the late 20th century the booths had developed into large beer halls made of plywood, with interior balconies and bandstands..
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