Press Release: The highly anticipated Branderburger Bock, a limited edition beer from Cask & Larder in collaboration with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, will be released at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13, kicking off a festive, music-filled event featuring releases from a chorus of local breweries. Paying homage to famed 18th-century composer Johann Sebastian Bach, a noted beer lover, the second annual release party will treat attendees to live performances by members of the acclaimed Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra and a special German-themed food menu, along with other Bach-inspired beers from Redlight Redlight, ten10, Central 28, Crooked Can and Red Cypress.
To sample beers from the guest breweries, attendees may purchase a wristband ($15) and receive a cup which can be filled with six-ounce tasting pours from each brewer. Samples from the guest breweries, available beginning at noon, will be in limited supply, so organizers recommend arriving early at the event, which will run until 4 p.m..
All Cask & Larder beers, including the Branderburger Bock will be available for $6 each. The limited edition beer will be available on tap until it runs out and also will be sold in 32-ounce to-go crowlers for $8 per can at Swine & Sons. Cask & Larder will donate $1 from each Brandenburger Bock pint sold to the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.
“The Brandenburger Bock is a traditional strong German lager, brewed to mimic the style of beer Bach enjoyed in the 18th century,” said Larry Foor, Cask & Larder’s Head Brewer. “It’s been really fun brewing this year’s batch and I can’t wait to see what the other breweries and the Bach Festival Society have in store for the release party.”
The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park will present music from noon to 3:00p.m..
“We’re excited to bring our music into the community, and celebrate the 81st Winter Park Bach Festival with Cask and Larder, building on last year’s amazing event,” said Bach Festival Society Artistic Director and Conductor John V. Sinclair. “The Society has a rich history in the community going back to 1935, and this is a wonderful new way to introduce the music of Bach and his contemporaries to more visitors and residents of Central Florida.”
Weather permitting, beer samples from guest breweries will occur in the Cask & Larder parking lot. A grill station will also be available outdoors with bratwurst for purchase (cash only). Inside the restaurant and at the Cask & Larder bar a special German-themed menu will be available featuring:
Farmhouse Crudite with avocado-boiled peanut hummus
Curry Fries
Brats on a bun with mustard
Country Ham Pretzels with beer mustard (ham wrapped in pretzel)
Chicken Schnitzel Sliders with red cabbage
Pork Belly & Sauerkraut
The harmonious collaboration between Cask & Larder and The Bach Festival Society began in 2015 after Betsy Gwinn and Alex Tiedtke, of the Bach Festival Society, came across a 300-year old letter Johann Sebastian Bach wrote to a friend proclaiming his love for a barrel of beer he had received as a gift. Gwinn and Tiedtke approached Cask & Larder head brewer Larry Foor about brewing a beer in a style similar to the one Bach wrote about to celebrate the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park’s 80th anniversary. Now approaching its 81st Annual Winter Park Bach Festival, from Feb. 12-28, 2016, the Winter Park ensemble is the third oldest Bach Festival Society in the United States.