A signature event of Hershey Gardens is Biergarten, a celebration of a product of the earth! Come enjoy a selection of micro brews, live music, the outdoor glory that is Hershey Gardens, some 70,000 tulips, daffodils and other spring and summer flowering bulbs, the rarest of rare trees, and one of the country's most enjoyable Biergartens.
In Germany, beer was stored near rivers in underground cellars in order to keep the beer cool. Large shade trees were also planted to provide cooling shade. Eventually, gardens were set up under the trees with the singular purpose of providing a cool, relaxing venue for enjoying a mug of beer.
In keeping with that theme, Hershey Gardens celebrates the Biergartens of long ago with a spectacular outdoor setting that is verdant,
pastoral, bucolic and at the same time filled with energy from the live music, the other people attending, and the excitement of going from booth to booth, sampling new brews. 
But wait! There is more: Partici-pants will also be able to attend, at no extra charge, a special cooking with beer class "un-der the big top," with a well known area chef.
Also included is a colonial beer making demonstration with costumed beer making experts,
creating beer the way it was brewed in the colonies, using wood, fire, large copper cauldrons, wooden ladles, etc.
All participants will have the entire Hershey Gardens available to explore and enjoy. (Be sure to restrict beer consumption and smoking so specific areas designated strictly for those purposes.)
Event Date: 04/25/2010
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Admission: Tickets on sale now.
Please call
717-508-5970
Price
- $40 includes commemorative pilsner glass, admission
- $15 for "Designated Driver" tickets (no commemorative glass)
- $15 Beer Barrels, a snack basket suitable for 2 people are available-please order in advance
Enjoy beers from regional microbreweries
Receive a commemorative pilsner glass
Enjoy live music
Cooking with beer demonstrations featuring a well-known local chef
"Beer Barrel" snack baskets available for pre-purchase; must be ordered by April 16.Visit the colonel brewer, observe centuries' old beer making with wood, iron and copper.
Must be 21 years or older.
No one under the age of 21 will be admitted.
Event is rain or shine.
Stay at Hershey's country estate Bed & Breakfast, Annville Inn Bed & Breakfast, enjoy our three acre botanical garden, and spend the afternoon at Hershey Garden's annual Biergarten. What better way to "get away from it all," unwind, be inspired, let life slow down and just...relax. When you head home after the weekend, you will go back to your world rejuvenated, batteries charged and full of motivation!
At The Biergarten by Craig George, 2009
At the Biergarten by Adolph Freidrich Erdmann von Menzel
