See all of the photos Saturday night we went out for some diner at the Red Ox with friends and decided to go check out the Breweries in Neenah & Menasha. We heard that the Lion's Tail Brewery was having its own Oktoberfest. We got over to Lion's Tail and found they had a huge tent set up in the back parking lot. We walked into the stein holding competition for ladies. Around 7 ladies were standing up by the main stage getting ready for the stein holding challenge. The ladies did really good. Long enough for me to have to go find a beer. I got my beer and noticed the hammerschlagen game going on. Grabbed a couple photos and my beer and headed back to find out I missed the ladies winner and the men were up next. I got some pictures of these guys. They held out for a long time and broke the standing record by a lot. We hung out for a while and listened to the Kari Lynch Band for a while. Everyone was getting tired of beer and wanted a mixer so we thought we would hit Copperstill but they were closed. We decided we would go hit the Bare Bones Brewery and Distillery. We stopped in and they were about to close. The bartender was super cool and said she we could the place open for us! We got the Maple Bourbon Old Fashions and they were awesome! Everyone was tired out so we only stuck around for one drink. Overall a great night with some great friends.
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ACW Wrestling at St Patrick's Fall Heritage Festival
See all of the photos It was a very nice day outside and I wanted to get to my daughter's volleyball game in the afternoon. So boating was out. But that didn't mean I couldn't get the Jeep out and take my little man to go see some ACW Wrestling at the local church picnic. Yes, you heard that right wrestling at the Saint Patrick's Catholic Church Fall Festival Harvest picnic in Menasha. We jumped in the jeep for a short ride over to the church. When we arrived the road was filled with cars and as soon as we started pulled up you could hear them announcing the wrestlers coming to stage. They had a big tent set up and the wrestling ring set right in the middle. We went in and most of the chairs were filled up so we sat just outside of the tent for a while and watched the first match. It really was a lot of fun to watch my son and other kids around him react to the wrestlers. They did a great job of getting the crowd going by having a good guy and a bad guy for the bouts. The first thing that really seem to get everyone's attention was a nice big body slam. It made a very loud almost metallic sound as the wrestlers landed on the ring floor. Then to step it up another notch they did was some awesome open-handed slaps that you could hear across the whole tent. They also had WWE wrestler Hornswoggle at the event. He did some announcing and hung around for the event
My son reminded me as we were watching, (Dad you know this is fake fighting right?) I did get a big chuckle out of his comment. But gave that a second to sink in. I told him that he was correct they are not really closed fist punching like MMA. But you can tell they are really hitting each other and they do take a beating flying around and hitting the mat. I pointed out all the marks you could see on their skin.
We both really enjoyed watching the wrestling and it made a great way to spend some quality time with my boy. The church also had a number of vendors there to give everyone a little something to check out. From soaps to funnel cakes. Make sure to see the photo of the crazy big funnel cakes. It was so big and looked so good. I just had to get a photo. They also had beer, soda, burgers, brats, and a bunch of other food options.
My little man also got a big kick out of the Fox River Hurling club booth. They had the sticks and the balls there for the kids to play with. Overall the Fall Festival Harvest picnic was a great stop. We had to run to get to my daughter's volleyball tournament that they won by the way. So we missed the 2 bands they had set up for the evening. But we will be back for next year's Fall Harvest Festival in Menasha at St Patrick's Church.
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