Oktoberfest -Ecoba

Last Saturday evening was a great way to welcome my weekend after a hectic weekday with studies. After handed up two assignments on Friday, I decided to tag along with MHB for Malaysia's Own Oktoberfest 2011 featuring no.1 beer brand Carlsberg and three Bavarian imported beers from Germany that presented by Carlsberg Malaysia at Ecoba.

Oktoberfest is a 16–18 day beer festival held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, running from late September to the first weekend in October. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and is the world's largest fair with more than 5 million people attending every year. To mark this widely-celebrated festival, Carlsberg Malaysia boasts a month-long extravaganza filled with roaring days of exciting parties, music, authentic gastronomic experiences to whet the appetitie and barrels of Carlsberg, Erdinger Weissbier, Franziskaner Weissbier and Lowenbrau to be downed.

The venue was set up with lots of table and seat for people to sit and drink as usual but what so special on that night at Ecoba was decorated with Oktoberfest theme with Oktoberfest music as background and girls that dressed up in Germany style.

The organizer also prepared big line-up of activities where allowed people to down a beer or two to steady ourselves. After all that gulping, some also hoisted up onto mechanical bull and loosen with yelling at the top of their lungs ‘Yeehaw!’ and proceed to put the blame on the beer. Other games that provided on that night are partake sans inhibition post a few beers are the beer barrel race and the chicken dance. The crowd was entertained by performers such as Acoustic Fourplay, Nyl, Lish and Blastique as well as renowned saxophonist Azmi Hairuddin. I worked out my calories by working your way through the treasure trove at their junkyard sales and put them back on by inhaling the yummy sizzling sausages and burgers with chilled beers!

The most memorable was chicken dance with group of people! In fact, I was one of the people who took part in the dance to cheer the crowd after drinking session! Honestly, I was little too shy to dance like a chicken in front of the public but who cares, as long as everyone had a great time watching the chicken dance performance! The whole dancing part was just epic failed and friends were busy to record and take pictures of chicken dance performance done by Samantha and I!

I had Carlsberg beer out of other choices that provided such as Franziskaner Weissbier, Erdinger and Lowenbrau for Malaysia's Own Oktoberfest. Carlsberg beer is a well-proportioned bottom-fermented lager beer with a flavour of hops, grains, pine needles, sorrel and Danish summer apples. The bitterness of the hops and the apple-like sweetness provide a harmoniously balanced taste. It was great for me that I was able to have a chilled Carlsberg beer while eating burger at outdoor area! And guess what, you could bring back the beer stein if you could finish one liter of beer by yourself!

Of course, the night went on with drinking session because that's Oktoberfest about! Chill beer with snacks and games.

Missed out this event, log on to http://www.facebook.com/malaysiasownoktoberfest or visit www.carlsbergmalaysia.com.my for upcoming Oktoberfest.



Lastly, beer afficionadoes will also stand a chance to win "The Ultimate Beer Tour" which is a 6 day/ 5 night trip to Munich, Germany and Copenhagen, Denmark with 2 friends by participating in the Facebook contest at http://www.facebook.com/malaysiasownoktoberfest