Oktoberfest

Yeah I know, real Oktoberfest is in late Sep but we had to do it. This dinner had couple of twists that we found when we were in Denver a few weeks ago.  We started off with some bratwurst that had cheese in the casing.  I boiled them fist in beer and then grilled them outside to give them a nice brown and crispy outside.  They were ok, we like the traditional bratwurst better.  The cheese did nothing for them.  Lauri did a couple of unique things with this dinner.  Have you ever had mashed potatoes with sauerkraut mixed in?  Awesome!  I am no fan of the kraut but wow it really made the potatoes pop.  Another treat we ran into in Denver was a sauerkraut, swiss and pastrami eggroll.  Yes, eggroll.  Dipped in a good mustard and again, awesome.   To go with this German dinner we found some Spatan Dunkel at the store.   That just toped it off nicely.  Can you say full?