Admission: 488 RMB (plus 15 percent service charge) for a German-style buffet with three cups of beer.
Hours: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. every day from Aug. 26 until Sept. 24
Web: http://www.villacastanea.com/
Tel: 010-62720130
Add: 266 Wan An Dong Lu, Haidian District, Beijing

Another festival for beer lovers in Beijing has kicked off at Villa Castanea, a cozy club near the Fragrant Hills.

The Fragrant Hill German Fresh Beer Garden Festival opened last Friday with Bavarian-style carnival tents and a variety of German beers brewed on-site.

The Fragrant Hill German Fresh Beer Garden Festival opens last Friday with Bavarian-style carnival tents and a variety of German beers brewed on-site. [China.org.cn]

Visitors to the festival, which runs until Sept. 24, will also be able to try some German broiled dishes and hear traditional German live music. There is also a contest with a grand prize of a free trip to Munich for Oktoberfest in October.

For the Mid-Autumn Festival, the festival will have live Chinese folk music on Sept. 12.

Villa Castanea, a cozy club near the Fragrant Hills, Beijing. [China.org.cn]

The Fragrant Hill German Fresh Beer Garden Festival opens last Friday with Bavarian-style carnival tents and a variety of German beers brewed on-site. [China.org.cn]