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DISCOVER! | SEPTEMBER 17, 2016<br />
6| Community<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: WestOberfest<br />
WHERE: West O Beer, 503 Terrace<br />
Park Blvd., West Okoboji<br />
WHEN: Tap room opens at noon.<br />
Games and tours start a 2 p.m.<br />
Live music 7-10 p.m.<br />
COST: No cover charge. Limited<br />
number of commemorative beer<br />
steins available <strong>for</strong> $5.<br />
CONTACT: 712-332-8090<br />
ONLINE: www.westobeer.com<br />
About:<br />
The King Of The Tramps live<br />
show is a foot stompin’, hand<br />
clappin’ rock and roll gospel<br />
party, with plenty of crowd participation.<br />
According to “City<br />
View” show reviewer Chad Taylor,<br />
Partridge is “part troubadour, part<br />
tent revival preacher, Partridge<br />
holds court over his audience,<br />
welcoming all to the Tramps roots<br />
rock/jam band sound with the<br />
charisma of a faith healer.”<br />
The band is comprised of Todd<br />
Partridge on Guitar and vocals,<br />
Justin Snyder on Guitar and Mandolin,<br />
Adam Audlehelm on Keys,<br />
Ryan Aum on Drums and Ryan<br />
McAlister on Bass.<br />
- from www.kingofthetramps.com<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
OCTOBERFEST<br />
AT WEST O<br />
Brewery and tap room hosts WestOberfest<br />
The beer and the atmosphere.<br />
That’s what it’s all about, according<br />
to West O Beer owner<br />
Matt Matthiesen. The brewery will be<br />
hosting its own version of Octoberfest<br />
celebrations with WestOberfest on<br />
Saturday, Sept. 24.<br />
“It started out as something real<br />
simple and each year we’ve put a little<br />
more into it,” Matthiesen said.<br />
The tap room opens at noon and<br />
50 commemorative beer steins will be<br />
available <strong>for</strong> $5 and can be filled <strong>for</strong><br />
just $3 throughout the day.<br />
There will be brewery tours at 2<br />
p.m. and 4 p.m. as well as games like<br />
hammerschlagen, bags and a keg toss<br />
from 2-4 p.m. outside near the beer<br />
garden.<br />
As to why the brewery began hosting<br />
its own version of Octoberfest in<br />
the first place, it’s really quite simple.<br />
“It’s a combination of a couple<br />
things. We’re really proud of our<br />
WestOfest beer and my wife and I<br />
both have German heritage so we<br />
thought it’d be a good match,” Matthiesen<br />
said.<br />
The WestOfest is a Marzen-style<br />
lager that is described on the West<br />
O website as “Copper color, creamy<br />
white head, and biscuit aromas from<br />
kilned malts and a hint of caramel.<br />
Slight hop aroma from a late kettle<br />
addition of Mt. Hood hops.”<br />
In addition to the WestOFest, there<br />
will be several other beers on tap as<br />
well as Sutliff hard cider and 1919<br />
Root Beer. The Iowa Wild Hogs BBQ<br />
food truck will be on hand to feed any<br />
hungry visitors to the brewery.<br />
In the evening things kick up a<br />
notch with live music from King of<br />
the Tramps from 7-10 p.m. inside the<br />
tap room.<br />
“We’ve had them several times be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
and they do a really good job,”<br />
Matthiesen said. “You can tell they<br />
have fun per<strong>for</strong>ming and they put on<br />
a great show.”<br />
Good music, good food and good<br />
beer. What better way could there be<br />
to celebrate Oktoberfest in Okoboji?<br />
Really in the end it all boils down to<br />
two things <strong>for</strong> Matthiesen.<br />
“The top two things <strong>for</strong> us are the<br />
beer and the atmosphere,” Matthiesen<br />
said. “We focus on creating quality<br />
beer and having an atmosphere where<br />
people are able to enjoy it.”<br />
Get there early, grab a stein while<br />
you can, and ring in WestOberfest<br />
with the folks that know beer best. F<br />
West Okoboji | Iowa
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