A night at the Monk

The Old Monk had a cool event for the opening of Oktoberfest and so we went to watch.  Even though I grew up in bars and attended several Oktoberfest events as a child, this was all new to me.  Franconia Brewery brought a cask that was 200 years old from Germany and filled it with their beer.  The brewmaster is 4th generation German and the owner of the pub is from Dublin, so Ireland and Germany combined to tap the keg the old fashioned way with a spigot and hammer.  It was all very fascinating and the smell of the old keg was pretty amazing -- nice oak smell, not at all like stale beer.  Mister was able to talk with the brewer for awhile and it seemed that we became the official photographers for the evening and some of Mister's shots will be posted on the website at the next update.  I enjoyed learning all about the process that is from my heritage --- oh to go to Germany sometime, what a thrill that would be.