Oktoberfest celebrations are mostly back – as you can see from this year's guide – but with the Delta variant flying around, many folks are still a little leery of getting dirndl to dirndl.
Those folks might want to enter to win one of Leinenkugel's Boxtoberfest stay-at-home do-it-yourself Oktoberfest kits that will help you create the Okto-vibe in your own backyard biergarten.
The kit comes with:
- Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest (via prepaid card)
- Leinenkugel’s OktoBEERhat
- Leinenkugel’s socks
- Leiniekugel’s Lederhosen Koozie
- Leiniekugel’s Dimple Mug
- Oktoberfest decorations
- Pretzel scented candle
To enter to win before Sept. 24, Wisconsinites 21 and over should reply to the tweet embedded below and explain (or show) how they're getting into the Oktoberfest spirit.
Looking to make the most of your prost this year? Enter #Boxtoberfest: all you need for at-home celebrations complete with beer money, German-inspired merch & pretzel scents. For a chance to win, reply to this tweet with how youâre celebrating Oktoberfest and follow us! pic.twitter.com/IVTNXswZLY — Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. (@Leinenkugels) September 16, 2021
Fifty lucky folks will get a Boxtoberfest kit and one extremely lucky winner will have their box delivered by a three-piece polka band!
The complete contest rules are here.
Ein prosit!
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
