Enjoy food, beer, wine & bourbon tastings at Bier Fest Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

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This year, an all-new festival will be coming to Busch Gardens Tampa that will sure become a favorite: Bier Fest!  It’s a modern spin on a traditional Oktoberfest, and a great way to end the summer. It will take place on Saturdays and Sundays plus Labor Day from August 25th to September 16th.  

  1. Beer: Let’s face it, you’re going to want to head to Bier Fest for the beer, aren’t you?  And why wouldn’t you; there will be more than 100 different beers from around the world as well as local offerings that will be served during Bier Fest. The beer will be rotated every weekend so you’ll need to come back to try them all!  Just take at what will be available at Bier Fest:
    • 3 Daughters
      • Beach Blonde Ale
      • Original Apple Cider
      • Rose Cider
    • 7venth Sun
      • Graffiti Orange Wheat Ale
      • Seasonal Berliner Weisse
    • Ace
      • Pineapple Cider
    • Angry Chair
      • Spacegrass IPA
      • Two Pump Chump Porter
    • Angry Orchard
      • Rose Cide
    • Anheuser-Busch
      • Bud Light Lager
      • Michelob Ultra (ABV 4.2%)
    • Beck’s
      • Pilsner
    • Bell’s
      • Best Brown Ale
      • Two Hearted IPA
      • Oberon Wheat
    • Big Storm
      • Oktoberfest Marzen Lager
      • Wavemaker Amber Ale
    • Big Top
      • PB&J Pale Ale
      • Trapeze Monk Tangerine Wit
      • Hawaiian Lion Coffee-Coconut Porter
    • Blue Moon
      • Harvest Pumpkin Ale
    • Blue Point
      • Oktoberfest Marzen
    • Bold City
      • Duke’s Cold Nose Brown Ale
    • Brew Hub
      • Rome City IPA
      • Diver Down Red Ale
    • Central 28
      • Trekker Farmhouse Ale
      • Up River Pale Ale
    • Cigar City
      • Guayabera Citra Pale Ale
      • Tocobaga Red Ale
    • Coppertail
      • Free Dive IPA
      • Jam Salad Florida Weisse
      • Oktoberfest Marzen
    • Crooked Thumb
      • Grapefruit Gose
    • Duvel
      • Duvel Belgian Single
    • Florida Ave
      • Florida Ave Lager
      • Cucumber Florida Weisse
    • Flying Boat Brewery
      • American Mild Brown Ale
    • Founders
      • Solid Gold Lager
      • All Day IPA
    • Four Stacks
      • Pinfish Pale Ale
    • Funky Buddha
      • Floridian Hefeweizen
      • Vibin’ Lager
      • Sticky Treats Blonde Ale
    • Goose Island
      • Oktoberfest Marzen
    • Green Bench
      • Postcard Pilsner
    • Hacker-Pschorr
      • Octoberfest
    • Hidden Springs
      • Peanut Butter Deja Moo Milk Stout
      • Strawberry Orange Crush Wheat
    • Hofbrau
      • Original Lager
      • HefeWeizen
      • Dunkel
    • House of Beer
      • Cool Cucumber IPA
      • Mango Hefeweizen
    • Islamorada
      • Sandbar Sunday Ale
      • Islamorada Ale
    • JDUBS
      • Up Top IPA
      • Passion Wheat
    • Karbach
      • Lemon Ginger Radler
    • Kentucky Bourbon Barrel
      • Vanilla Bourbon Barrel Cream Ale
      • Kolsch
    • KÖSTRITZER
      • Schwarzbier
    • Kona
      • Big Wave Golden Ale
    • Krombacher
      • Krombacher Pilsner
    • Lagunitas
      • Lagunitas IPA
    • Leinenkugel’s
      • Pumpkin Harvest Shandy
    • Maeloc
      • Blackberry Hard Cider
    • Mia
      • Miami Weiss
      • Hard Water Pineapple Coconut
    • Millercoors
      • Miller Lite Pilsner
    • Motorworks
      • Cruiser Kolsch
      • Hudson Hefeweizen
    • Narragansett
      • Del’s Shandy
    • New Belgium
      • Fat Tire Amber Ale
    • North Coast
      • Scrimshaw Pilsner
      • Red Pale Ale
    • Paulaner
      • Paulaner HefeWeizen
      • Paulaner Oktoberfest
    • Radeberger
      • Radeberger Pilsner
    • Rekorderlig
      • Strawberry Lime Cider
    • Sam Adam’s
      • Sam Adam’s Octoberfest
      • Boston Lager
    • Schofferhoffer
      • Grapefruit Radler
    • Sea-Dog
      • Blue Paw Blueberry Wheat Ale
    • Six Ten
      • Tent Beer Lager
      • Silky Sour Berliner Weisse
      • Pumpkin Berliner Weisse
    • Sixpoint Brewing
      • Alpenflo Helles Lager
      • Crisp Pilsner
    • Stiegl
      • Stiegl Pilsner
      • Grapefruit Radler
    • Stone
      • Arrogant Bastard Ale
    • Sun King
      • Pachanga Mexican Lager
    • Swamp Head
      • Wild Night Honey Cream Ale
    • Sweetwater
      • 420 Pale Ale
    • Tampa Bay Brewing
      • Florida Tart Berliner Weisse
      • Reef Donkey Pale Ale
    • Tampa Beer Works
      • Hop Sesh IPA
    • The Tank
      • La Finca Miami Saison
    • Two Henry’s
      • Elderberry Cider
    • Warsteiner
      • Pilsner
      • Dunkel
      • Oktoberfest
    • Yuengling
      • Octoberfest Marzen
      • Traditional Lager
  2. Food: Drinks are not the only thing that make this festival great!  You can eat your way through Bier Fest, where you can eat everything from traditional German bratwurst to delicious kebabs.  Here’s some of the food you can eat during this festival:
    • All Beef Slider
    • Bratwurst Sandwich
    • Chicken Kebab
    • Currywurst
    • Duck Lollipops & Summer Peach Salad
    • Fish & Chips
    • Fried Cheese Curds
    • Grilled Lamb Kefta
    • Holy Schnitzel Sandwich
    • Kielbasa Kebab
    • Mac N’ Cheese Fritters
    • Reuben Croquettes
    • Roasted Golden Beets
    • Soft Pretzels
    • Steak Kebab
    • Tampa Pork Slider
    • Watermelon & Heirloom Tomato Salad
  3. Tastings: For an extra cost you can enjoy the following tastings:
    • Bourbon Tasting: $19.99 (passholders can save 10%)
      • Includes 4 samples of bourbon
      • Sample tasting led by bourbon expert
    • Sweet Wine Tasting: $19.99 (passholders can save 10%)
      • Includes 5 samples of sweet local wines
      • Sample tasting led by wine expert
    • Bourbon & Sweet Wine Tasting: $29.99 (passholders can save 10%)
      • Includes 5 samples of sweet local wines
      • Includes 4 samples of bourbon
      • Sample tastings led by wine & bourbon experts

The best way to enjoy Bier Fest would be to buy an annual pass, since you’d be able to get discounted tastings & you’d be able to visit each weekend to try the different beer.  But you’ll be able to have a lot of fun even if you can only visit one day of the event, and you can get a discounted Busch Gardens Tampa Bay ticket here.