Craft beer tasting event to benefit the nonprofit Parks Foundation

WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Essex County Parks Department invites the public to participate in “Ales N’ Tails Oktoberfest” at the Turtle Back Zoo. Visitors will be able to sample more than 50 craft beers during a festive evening benefiting the Essex County Parks Foundation. “Ales N’ Tails Oktoberfest” will be Saturday, Oct. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Turtle Back Zoo, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange.

“Ales N’ Tails Oktoberfest is an opportunity for a new audience to discover and experience Turtle Back Zoo while supporting the Essex County Parks Foundation, which has been an integral partner with our Parks Department. The foundation has helped us obtain grants to build new playgrounds, introduce educational programming at our Environmental Center and promote activities throughout our parks system,” County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. said in a press release.

Seasonal brews from around the corner and from around the world will be available for tasting at stations throughout the zoo. A variety of food vendors will be on site as well. Entertainment will be provided by the Oompah Band, which performs German and Bavarian music. Proceeds benefit the Essex County Parks Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has worked with Essex since the foundation’s formation in 1995 to help revitalize and promote the county’s parks and recreation facilities.

Tickets cost $60 for general admission and $15 for designated drivers. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.alesntails.com or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ales-tails-oktoberfest-tickets-26185068244. Only guests ages 21 and older will be permitted. All guests must have a valid ID. Ales ‘N Tails Oktoberfest will be held rain or shine.

  County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., Turtle Back Zoo