Here begins Octoberfest, the month long celebration of my birthday!
We joined up with Faith + Tate
And Alex + Eric
For a trip to the Blue Mountain Brewery "Steal the Stein" day (if you buy a beer in a stein glass, you get to keep the glass!)
Totally gorgeous setting. One of the things I love most about Cville is that drive just FIVE MINUTES from the city limits and you’re in the most beautiful countryside you could imagine!
We started with a taster (of course)
Mmmmm 6 little beers just for me!
I liked the Wheat, Octoberfest and Nelson but didn’t care for the rest too much
But they sure went down fast!
We ordered giant pretzels with mustard for an appetizer
Little Finn LOVED the beer!! (Kidding….kidding..)
My six-pack taster went down so fast I ordered an Octoberfest [for the stein!!]
The brewery is also a restaurant, so we ordered some dinner.
Salads to start
And pizza to finish!
The veggie pizza with shrooms, squash, goat cheese and loads of cilantro. Tasted like my cilantro pesto!
I think I had three of these!?
We concluded the evening with a blind tasting. The 6 tasters. 3 drinkers. One guess. Faith was the moderator!
Matt and I thought we were head on, but turns out Tate killed us!! I swear I had them right!!
‘Twas a fun night. Except for the fact that I had to call for Matt to confiscate my lantern full of Biscoff cookies because I already had 3 packets for dessert!!
Tomorrow starts bright an early with a huge fitness venture. My post might be delayed, but it’s for a fun reason!
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What a fun night! Someone would have had to carry me out of there after that beer – one glass and I’m done for. Seriously – it’s sad.
How fun!! I would not be able to drink that much, I am such a light weight!
Whoa that’s one good looking pizza!
Oktoberfest miiiight be my favorite holiday, but it sure isn’t my liver’s favorite holiday.
That pizza looks incredible and I don’t even like mushrooms! haha
Happy birthday month!
That pizza looks delish! Looking forward to tomorrow’s post!
I’m so jealous of all your fun beer tastings!!!!
Oooh… sounds like you have something fun planned for the AM! I wish I didn’t have to drive into work and could exercise in the AM instead.
Can’t wait to see what you’re doing tomorrow!
Beer and pretzels…my husband would have been in heaven! Looks like so much fun!
I love how you have celebrate your birthday for the entire month
It is my birthday month too! Hope it is a good one for you.
Mm that pizza looks so good! Happy Birthday month
After all that beer you are going on a fitness adventure? Is it a Beer Run?
Well, almost Happy Birthday month!
This looks like so much fun! And that pizza looks awesome. So does the pretzel! I think every bar should have soft pretzels on the menu. Excited to hear about the fitness venture tomorrow. Have fun!
Oooh Blue Mountain, another of my all-time favorite Cville places! I went on my last weekend in town. Don’t know if you saw, but you can get a tour on Saturdays and talk to the brewer- I bet he and Matt would love talking beer together, he started as a home brewer and is friends with alllll the people at the other Cville microbreweries. He’s a cool guy, and it’s a cool tour- even though it’s just one room.
Looks like fun! That pizza looks sooooooooo GOOD
Want! 
What a fun way to kick off the month!
Looks like a great way to start off October!
That pretzel looks amazing – I haven’t had a soft pretzel in years!
happy start to your birthday and october!
I love the idea of the taste testing competition!
Sooo jealous! Sounds like my kinda night.
What perfect way to celebrate October-eve! Gorgeous views from that brewery, both of the scenery and of the food. Excited to hear about your fitness adventure tomorrow!!!
What a FUN night
Yay October!!!
oooh what a fun night indeed!!!
What a fun night and that pizza, wow it looks huge and delicious.
i just wanted to say: your life seems like so much fun!! maybe yall are just fun people!
We are!!
I think it’s a cookie craving time of year!
I checked out Alex’s page and it made me wonder if you will involve your baby in your blog? (years from now, of course) I suppose you haven’t given that much thought.
Seems kinda personal to me……
XO
S
Most definitely!
pizza looks so yum..
Happy Birthday Month! I foresee lots of beer and frozen yogurt in upcoming posts
Oh what a fun night! I would love to try the soft pretzel
wow you sure drink lots of beer!!
the food looks sooooooooooo delicious! especially that pizza and pretzel!!!!!!!
*drooling*
Oh my goodness that pizza looks good!! Happy beginning of your birthday month!!
It’s the eve of a month long birthday celebration too. October is definitely the best month ever!
Tasters are the best!! I can never pick 1 beer so that’s how I roll when I can
I must try these biscoff cookies you always rave about…stat! I think you should create a dessert featuring biscoff!
Babies and beer–life is good.
Yum, I love pizza. And I love cilantro. What could be better than having the two together?
I adore giant pretzels like that, they go so well with beer.
And the pizza looks great, so much topping!
giant pretzels!!!!
the pizza looks divine – love the idea of cilatnro (corriander) on top!
Heidi xo
that pizza looks amazing… and i loooove soft pretzels!
I don’t think there’s anything better than a night with friends, a GOOD beer, and some pizza. That stein and pretzel remind me of the Hofbrauhaus in Germany. Best beer I have ever had.
If you like beer so much, you should definitely visit my home, Czech Republic. Everybody says that we have got the best beer in the world;-)
ha, sounds like a fun time!
I think giant pretzels are the best appetizer I’ve ever heard of! Sounds like a fun night!
Hey! My birthday is in October also! TODAY! Happy birthday to you – enjoy your month long celebration
i think so many people don’t realize how beautiful virginia gets west of DC. love those mountains and trees. that pizza is just gorgeous!!! i would have been pretty wasted drinking all that beer though.
How fun! My sister and I are going to Oktoberfest in my town (a little german town), I can’t wait!
So fun!
I didn’t realize you were an October baby—so am I!
That pizza looks so good! I pretty much love anything with goat cheese
what a fun night! Blue MT brewery is so beautiful!! I just love the scenary out there!! amazing.
Hmm beer and pizza … can’t get better than that
What a fun night!!! Looks like you had lots of yummy drinks and food!
I thought everyday was Steal a Stein day. I mean, if you have a big enough purse…
omg, i love that your friends bring that cute baby everywhere, even beer tastings!!!
i’m so jealous of all the fun beer tastings you’ve been doing!!!
Sounds like a great way to start out your birthday month!
MM that pizza looks amazing. It’s my birthday month too! Happy month to both of us.
ooh! you have my interest peaked in your morning fitness adventure!
happy birthday month! i can’t imagine a better way to kick it off than with great beer and that pizza!
My husband and I hosted a whole beer tasting party where we had to guess the beer. It was so much fun!
drunky the clown hungover?? lol
No, I’ve been up since 5:45 working out. It wasn’t that much beer! C’mon!
What a fun night!!! That pretzel looks so amazing right now:)
It seems like you find beer tastings at so many places! I wish we had something like that over here in SF!
Great looking food! I love beer tasting. I’d much rather have a small sample of a lot of different kinds. I like variety!
What a fun night! The food and beer looked awesome!
Hey Kath,
I’m going to be doing a blog post later on my wknd trip to the real Oktoberfest in Munich!! You would have loved the beer and the GIANT pretzels
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