Fans of German beers and fun might want to check out the Front Door taphouse this Saturday and down a few liters of brew to celebrate Okotberfest.

Last year’s celebration at the Front Door (105 S. 6th St. in Downtown Boise) was a total blast, and this year’s version looks pretty fun too. C’mon — a holiday built around drinking beer? It’s irresistible.

The Front Door will have nine German beers on tap — most liters will cost between $6-to-$7 — and authentic dishes like bratwurst and sauerkraut on the menu between noon and 9 p.m. Saturday.

The beer roster will consist of: Paulaner Oktoberfest and Pilsner, Spaten Oktoberfest and Frasiskaner Hefeweizen, Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest, Hofbrau Oktoberfest, Ayinger Oktoberfest and Brauweisse (the Ayinger beers will be $12 a liter but you can get a smaller glass for a cheaper price), and Kostritzer Black Lager. German styles from regional craft brewers Grand Teton (Fest Bier) and Widmer (Okto) will also be on tap.

The celebration is a little more expensive than last year, but beer prices have been going up all over the world thanks to hop and grain shortages and the higher cost of fuel for delivery. It’s costing the Front Door a lot more to bring authentic kegs in and the prices seem very fair to me. I’m just glad the staff are taking the time and effort to do it again.

At least some of the staff will be dressed in German garb and there will be some authentic traditional tunes as well. That’s cool and everything, but I am going to lobby for Scorpions or Accept next year. Who is with me?

HISTORY OF OKTOBERFEST

Oktoberfest — two-week long celebration that begins the third weekend in September and goes until the first Sunday of October — began with the 1810 royal wedding of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen

The citizens of Munich were invited to party in honor of the royal couple on the fields in front of the city gates and watch horse races. It was such a hit the next year, horse races were held in conjunction with an agricultural show. Soon, small beer stands began to appear, which were eventually replaced with large beer tents and halls by the end of the 1800's. The rest is beer history.
— www.ofest.com