Oktoberfest Preorder 2025

The work towards Oktoberfest almost never stops. Recipes are dialled in according to that year's harvests of barley and hops, and the first wort is brewed in March. Once fermented this beer slowly rests and matures to perfection in time for the legendary festival in September.

All at once, the Wiesn in Munich is alive with hundreds of thousands of people, dressed in their 'Tracht' the traditional German Sunday best, to consume these stunning robust Lagers.

To guarantee your allocation of the most important German seasonals, we've launched our Oktoberfest Preorder.

Preorders required by 5pm on Friday the 4th of July.

Stock will arrive across August and September and we will be in contact once your full preorder is in stock to arrange delivery.

We've teamed up with Hofbrau to offer a complimentary Premium Oktoberfest Kit (retail value of £500) for accounts with orders with of 6 or more kegs from the Hofbrau range (2 of which must be Oktoberfestbier):

6x 0.5L Stone Mugs
5x Hofbrau Aprons
Hofbrau Balloons
Oktoberfest Garlands
Pennants
Posters
Table Talkers
Coasters

These POS packs will be automatically added to all qualifying orders before being shipped. You order the beer, we'll take care of the rest.

Augustiner Oktoberfestbier

As Augustiner's exclusive import partner in the UK, we're abled to offered guaranteed supply, without any restriction on quantity, direct from the brewery gates in Munich.

The Augustiner Festhalle is the only tent on the Wiesn to serve exclusively from original wooden barrels. Restocking each and every night at midnight with freshly filled 'Hirschen'.

Munich Festbiers

Solely the six breweries within Munich's city walls have the right to pour their beer at the Oktoberfest. Each pouring their heart and soul into making a robust lager, with a minimum original gravity of 13.5 plato. The results are an array of Festbiers at around 6% ABV, each showing off the finest natural ingredients, and mastery of Lager production.

German Festbiers

Our portfolio is home to the UK's widest range of German beer, so naturally we've got a good spread of Festbiers from our friends across the entire country in too, covering some household names.

Modern Festbiers

A preorder for UK festbiers will follow in August. These beers are typically brewed later than their German counterparts, thus arriving later too. To make things smoother for you as a customer, we're splitting this off from the Oktoberfest preorder.

POS and Glassware

Help your guests get into the spirit of the Fest with proper glassware, and all the POS you need to set the vibe.

Preorder process

From your dashboard hit the create order button, then preorders, and navigate through to the Oktoberfest preorder.

This will then take you to the storefront page where you can add kegs and cases of the beer to your preorder basket.

The preorder basket is checked out separately to your normal basket. Please make sure you fully checkout in order to reserve stock.

You will be notified once stock has landed, and it will be added to your next regular delivery. Usual payment terms and minimum orders apply.

Oktoberfest beers can still be preordered via phone or email, and if you have any difficulties with the preorder function on Online Ordering please give us a shout on sales@jamesclay.co.uk