Yes, it’s that time of the year again! It’s like Christmas for adults. It’s…Oktoberfest!
Okay, maybe that sounded a bit anti-climactic considering it’s the title, but still, it’s great beer, good food, awesome fun – what else do you need to have a blast? It’s a celebration of the amber fluid that unites! 🙂
Malaysia throws a damned good Oktoberfest bash every year! I make it a point to join in the celebrations each time, soaking up the food, fellowship, and of course, the suds.
There are events going on all over Malaysia. Check out the listings here. Here’s just a couple of them.
Camberwell Club (Bukit Damansara)
17 October
Jarrod & Rawlins (Bukit Damansara)
D’ Fortune Club (Dataran Menteri)
18 October
Laundry (Curve)
Lava Restaurant & Bar (Kota Kinabalu)
19 October
QE II (Penang)
Oktoberfest Special (Changkat Bukit Bintang)
20 October
Golden Sands Resort (Penang)
The King’s Arms (Kuching)
21 October
Cold Storage (Gurney Plaza)
Terminal One (Kuching)
Havana Café (Kuching)
22 October
Ming Cafe (Miri)
23 October
Deutches Gasthaus 5 (Bandar Manjalara, Kepong)
Mewah Club (Klang)
24 October
Switch (Kota Damansara)
Neptune Club (Petaling Jaya)
25 October
Odeon Club (Kepong Baru)
27 October
Regalia Ritz (Sibu)
KGK Annex Club (Kota Kinabalu)
28 October
KK Waterfront (Kota Kinabalu)
29 October
There also will be a Bavarian style Oompah band playing. The video above shows the celebrations during Oktoberfest last year, this time Die Dorf Fest Kapelle will be performing for the night!
The HUGE 1 Liter Oktoberfest Mug that everyone wants will be making a return as well – this time with special Oktoberfest 2011 embossing. I remember collecting all the limited bar editions and the generic ones last year – I still have it! 🙂
I am also truly excited about sampling the exclusive Oktoberfest beers like Hopf Ice (and others like Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier and 111 Zwickl). Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier is a special brew for Oktoberfest that weighs in at a slightly higher 6% alcohol and I’ve been hearing lots of good things about it.
Enjoy happy hour all night long for any of these draught beers:
- Tiger Beer
- Guinness
- Heineken
- Kilkenny
- Strongbow
- Paulaner
It’s all on draft, at happy hour prices, all night long! 😀
However, one thing that I’m doing a wee bit out of the norm this year is to head up to Penang to party! w00t!
Why Penang, you ask?
Why not? I love the place, it’s the food capital of Malaysia! I can head out for a nice plate of char kueh tiaw (with extra blood cockles, and oh, a duck egg on top) to soak up the nights’ drinking before going for another round the next day!
I’ll be drinking by the beach in our very own Pearl of the Orient in a next week! I’m celebrating Oktoberfest at QEII (20th Oct) and Golden Sands Resort at Batu Feringgi Beach (21st Oct). Come and join the Oktoberfest celebrations at various places around the country! Check the Oktoberfest FB page for the full listing.
I can’t wait to try the exclusive Oktoberfest beers! Oktoberfest in Malaysia has come a long, long way and you’ll feel like you’re in Munich with all the beer, German expatriates and the oompah band playing in the background.
Where will you be celebrating Oktoberfest this year? 🙂
Hey HB you’re up early!
You’re coming to Penang? Great! I will go to QE II also then. 🙂
Hello Sharon! 🙂
Heh! Yeah, and then I went back to sleep.
Yup, I’m coming to Penang this Thursday!
See ya at QEII! 😀
wah finally got oktoberfest in sibu. thx 4 the info. ritz is the one near kawan hotel there rite.
Hey there!
Regalia Ritz is in Kampung Nyabor. 🙂
Hey, I think this is the second time, we had Oktoberfest in one of the outlets last year in Sibu too. It was at Hijau Lounge @ RH Hotel the previous year if I’m not mistaken – it’s one of the few outlets with Guinness on tap and it had Arthur’s Day celebrations too. 😀
Have fun! Don’t drink and drive – take a cab…or wait till you wake up the next morning. LOL!!!
Thanks Arthur! 🙂
I won’t be driving to Penang though. I’m meeting up with a friend over there.
Heh! No worries, good advice there.
Penang is very small anyway, easy to just catch a cab back. 😀
Not celebrating cos I don’t drink . heheheheeh
Hello Michelle!
Well, you can still celebrate the general festivities of Oktoberfest! 😉
It would be fun to head to Munich one of these days and check it out though. 😀
I also collect the 1 liter beer mugs. So far i have 2 Paulaner ones… Cheers
Me too! I have several with outlet names printed on it from last year (those were really limited edition). 🙂
It’s a very good collectible item – everyone wants the 1 liter beer mugs. I gave a couple of them away to friends.
I plan to get more this year – a complete collection as well. Cheers Eiling and have fun during Oktoberfest! 😀
too bad i no fan of drinking.. hehe..
but would like to own that beautiful mug tho 😛
Heh! Well, you’ll have to get the beer to get the mug so maybe you should bring someone who drinks with you if you want to collect it. 🙂
I don’t mind volunteering bro. 😉
It’s an awesome mug. I’m not sure if you can get the Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier 1 liter mug at the hypermarkets listed above, but you can only get the Tiger Oktoberfest 1 liter mug at the outlets.
Hey man ~~
You’re coming to Penang on Thurs ?
I’m going to QEII too ~~~ Can catch up with you ? =P
Hey there Ian!
Yup, I’m coming over to Penang this Thursday!
Sure thing mate, I’ve sent you an email. I’ll buzz you when I get to QEII. 🙂
See ya this Thursday bro! 😀
wokay ~~
I will be there after 10pm abit ~
Hoping to get a 1 liter mug , this is my first time going to oktoberfest ~~~
Okay, see you there bro! I’m heading down to Penang in a couple of hours. I’ll be staying at a hotel near QEII. 🙂
Drive safe and see you there ~~~
Woooohoooo
Hey it was great meeting you at Oktoberfest Ian! Hope you and your gf had fun that night! 🙂
I’ve never been to one before >.< *frog under coconut shell* Maybe next year! 😀
Heh! No worries, there’s still plenty of time.
Come to one this month, there are plenty of celebrations left! I’m heading to Penang in a couple of hours Charmaine! 😀
Exams, Y U NO allow me to celebrate oktoberfest? thats my only proclaimation. haha
Hey bro, exams are the perfect time to celebrate Oktoberfest! 😉
Take a break from your studies Brian. 😀
oh i wish i can go down to QE II! but we gotta work on friday!!! urghh
Hey, no worries, everyone slacks off on Friday anyway. 😉
Come on over, have fun! 😀
Best month of the year, I tell ya;)
I totally agree! 😀
I just came back from a night of good drinks and food as well. Started with a pint of Kilkenny and finished with pork ribs.
I’m gonna head straight to the bar and get that 1 liter mug
Me too bro! I’m heading to Penang now but I’ve been to a couple of Oktoberfest celebrations dy.
I just came back from a Kilkenny drinking session. 😀
Cheers bro!
The Paulaner and the Ittinger Klosterbräu was my brew of choice when I was in Switzerland. The Ittinger is a must try if you like amber beer…hmmm, I can almost taste it
I haven’t tried the Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier yet. T_T
Not all places carries it, I’ll have to go to QEII tonight and see if they have it. 🙂
Thanks Skwermy! 😀
I got my huge mug *again* this year.. hehehehe !!
Hey, good to hear that Rose! I got mine too! 😀
I went to QEII – had a couple of Paulaner Oktoberfest Biers and nursed a huge 1 liter mug of Tiger coz I wanted the mug to collect. Heh.
Did you try the 3 Oktoberfest beers? I liked the Paulaner one the best – very rich, slightly sweet. 🙂
Loved it.