KEGEL’S INN BOCKFEST WEEK!
April 23 - 26, 2025
A four-day beer-fueled, goat-filled, brat-slapping good time leading up to the Battle of the Bock!
🔥 HOT POKER NIGHT – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
Beer. Fire. Science. Experience the magic of caramelized bock beer as we plunge a red-hot poker into four different bocks, unlocking rich, malty flavors like the beer gods intended. Free admission.
🤣 PROST & PUNCHLINES: The GOAT Edition – THURSDAY, APRIL 24
• Brandy Old Fashioned Release Party! We’re teaming up with Dancing Goat Distillery to launch the BERENS Brandy Old Fashioned – as Midwest as it gets.
• Live Comedy! A special guest comedian (one of our favorites 👀) will have you laughing so hard you’ll spill your stein.
🐐 THE GREAT GOAT GATHERING – FRIDAY, APRIL 25
• Fish Fry in the Heated Beer Garden! It wouldn’t be Friday without it.
• Live Music & Bock Beer Specials! Get primed for the main event with a beer in one hand and a fried fish in the other.
THE MAIN EVENT – SATURDAY, APRIL 26
🚧 BATTLE OF THE BOCK – STREET FESTIVAL! 🚧
We’re shutting down 59th Street for the biggest and bock-iest beer event of the year!
VIP ENTRY: 12 – 1 PM | $35
Get exclusive early access to our Firkin Release Party!
🍺 FREE BEER: Kegel Brau’s Brau Buddies Collab with Hofbräu & Lakefront Brewery
🍺 Commemorative Brau Buddies Pint Glass (gets you $1 off any tap at Kegel’s Inn Beer Garden & War Memorial Beer Garden until Sept 28)
🍺 1 Brewery Pass for a Lakefront Brewery Tour
🕶️ Hofbräu Sunglasses
🍺 Unlimited Bock Beer Sampling from all vendors
GENERAL ADMISSION: 1 – 4 PM | $25
• Unlimited Bock Beer Sampling – 15 breweries, seasonal bocks, live music!
• 20+ Local Vendors – Brats, merch, and who knows what else!
• "Get It Before the Last Baa-rrel’s Tapped!" – Once it’s gone, it’s gone!
FREE ADMISSION for spectators!
🏆 6 PM – BATTLE OF THE BOCK COUPLES COMPETITION!
Who’s the GOAT of Bockfest? Sign up with your partner (male & female teams) and compete in six ridiculous, beer-fueled challenges for the ultimate bragging rights.
EVENTS:
1️⃣ Stein Holding – Best combined time wins!
2️⃣ Beer Brat Relay Race – Pass a brat without using your hands. (What could go wrong?)
3️⃣ Drunken Waiter Obstacle Course – Beer + Balance = Chaos.
5️⃣ Lederhosen Limbo – With beer in hand, of course.
6️⃣ Hammerschlagen Race – First team to sink their nails wins.
👑 THE CROWNING OF THE BOCK CHAMPIONS!
At the end of the competition, we’ll crown:
👑 "Lord of the Links" – The Men's Champion
👑 "West Helles Highness" – The Women's Champion
Trophies & Beer.AND bragging rights… and maybe a stein or two.
🔥 Do you have what it takes to be the GOAT? 🔥
🏆 Sponsored by Wiess Meats & Kegel Brau
🎟 TICKET ADD-ONS & EXTRAS
Commemorative Steins – Kegel’s Inn 100 Years
🥨 0.5 Liter Stein – $25 (Includes 1 beer fill + raffle ticket)
🥨 1 Liter Stein – $35 (Includes 1 beer fill + raffle ticket)
🎁 GREAT RAFFLE PRIZES!
🍺 Beer For A Year! (More than 1 case per month!)
🍺 5 Cases Hofbräu Original + 5 Cases Riverwest Stein + 5 Cases Kegel Brau Dark Lager
🐟 Fish Fry Buddies – Friday Fish Fry for 10 at Kegel’s Inn & Lakefront Brewery!
🍹 Patio Package – Hofbräu patio umbrella, Lakefront Brewery lounger, sunglasses, coozies, and a Kegel Brau variety pack!
🍺 Kegel Brau Variety Pack – 24 16oz cans (Mix & Match flavors)
🍻 100-Year Anniversary 1L Stein & Kegel’s Inn T-Shirt
🔥 MARK YOUR CALENDAR. GRAB YOUR STEIN. LET'S BAAA-RREL INTO SPRING! 🔥