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Oktober Fest!

Ein bierhaus on Friargate — steins, wurst & oompah.

Ein Prosit! — Book Now 25 September — 10 October · Preston
Two litre steins of Paulaner lager in front of The Winter Lodge sign

Das Bierhaus

Every autumn the huts hang up their tinsel and become a proper German beer tent — long tables, litre steins of Paulaner, bratwurst with proper mustard, and a brass band that won't sit down.

Season25 Sept — 10 Oct
Locale49–50 Friargate
SteinsOne full litre
Dress codeLederhosen optional

Das Bier

By the litre

Six German taps, poured cold and carried in fours by people stronger than you. Every one available by the litre — because a halbe never won a singalong.

Tap 01Paulaner Münchner Hellthe house litre — bright & clean
Tap 02Paulaner Oktoberfest Bierthe festival special, stronger than it tastes
Tap 03Paulaner Hefe-Weißbiercloudy, banana-y, beautiful
Tap 04Erdinger Dunkeldark, malty, fireside-ready
Tap 05Krombacher Pilscrisp northern pilsner
Tap 06Früh KölschCologne's dainty answer to the stein
Bar staff in Bavarian dirndl drinking from a litre stein of lager

Tickets, bitte

Die Tickets

Three ways in, all of them ending in a singalong. Every ticket includes your table, the band, and a proper Bavarian welcome.

Option 01

£30

The Prosit

  • 2 × litre steins
  • Bavarian hat to keep
Book Option 1
Option 03

£60

The Full Oktober

  • 4 × litre steins
  • Bavarian hat to keep
  • Lederhosen or dirndl
Book Option 3

Die Musik

Oompah! brass, bier & bedlam.

A live oompah band every weekend of the fest — tubas, trumpets and table-thumping classics. When "Ein Prosit" starts, you stand, you sway, you drink. House rules.

Zicke zacke, zicke zacke — hoi hoi hoi!

25 September — 10 October · Friargate

Book now — bring the whole gang.

Book ahead for the oompah weekends — they go fast. Walk-ins are always welcome wherever there's space.

Find us

49–50 Friargate
Preston, PR1 2AT

Call us

01772 419 488

Group bookings

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