Celebrate Oktoberfest Without Leaving Austin At Yard House

AUSTIN, TX — With a round-trip plane ticket from Austin to Germany costing around $1,500, not everyone can afford to jet off to Munich in celebrating Oktoberfest. Luckily, Yard House — billed as the modern American gathering place where beer and food lovers unite — you don't even have to leave town to im großen Stil feiern.

Our German's a tad rusty, but that means to "celebrate in grand style." But enough with the linguistic lesson. Yard House’s four-week Oktoberfest celebration kicks off on Monday, Sept. 23. The event is Yard House’s twist on Oktoberfest featuring German-inspired dishes and, of course, plenty of beer.

Yard House boasts the world’s largest selection of draft beer, and this Oktoberfest, the restaurant is pouring:

• Sam Adams Octoberfest: A blend of rich malts for a hearty, smooth flavor with notes of caramel, creating a brew that’s perfect for the season.
• Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen: This deep-golden German beer is lightly sweet with a malty nose, balanced with floral hops.
• Sierra Nevada Marzen (in collaboration with Bitburger): This Festbier, a collaboration with Germany’s Bitburger Brewery, has a rich amber color, smooth malty flavor and secret hop blend for just the right amount of snap on the finish.
• Weihenstephan Fest: This Festbier, produced by the world’s oldest continuously operating brewery, has a rich body with a balanced finish and represents the Bavarian way of celebrating.
• Paulaner Oktoberfest Wiesn: This German beer has a deep golden color and is full-bodied from Munich and Pilsner malts with a balanced fragrance of hops.

And serving up a twist on traditional German fare, with the following dishes:

• Jumbo Bavarian Pretzel: Served with horseradish mustard and beer cheese sauce.
• Bavarian Pork Chops: Double pork chop topped with German-inspired wild mushroom sauce, and served with baby broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes.
• Stacked Oktoberfest Burger: Double beef burger topped with bacon tomato jam, arugula, tomato, grilled onion, Swiss cheese and Dijon mustard on a pretzel roll.
• Chicken Schnitzel & Potato Salad: A traditional German dish of breaded chicken, pounded thin and then fried, and paired with a German potato salad with bacon and green onions.
• The Flammkuchen (flam-koo-ken): Inspired by a specialty from Southern Germany, this sweet and savory pizza features bacon, caramelized onion and a three-cheese blend of Swiss, mozzarella and parmesan.

Prost! This, as you might know, means: Cheers!

Yard House is located at DOMAIN NORTHSIDE, 11800 Domain Blvd., #700.