Beerfest

"Prepare for the ultimate chug of war."

Aug 25 2006 R 1h 50m
Comedy

During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.

Plot

After the death of their grandfather Johann von Wolfhause, the brothers Jan and Todd Wolfhouse travel to Munich to fulfill a family tradition, spreading the ashes of Johann during the Oktoberfest. Their contact brings them to a secret beer competition, the Beerfest", where they are offended by Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen and the German branch of their family that accuse their great-grandmother of being a prostitute and their grandfather of stealing an old recipe of the best beer in Germany. Jan and Todd returns to USA humiliated and decide to organize a beer team to dispute the next Beerfest. They join Landfill, Barry and Fink and train long the year to participate in the competition. When they find the lost recipe hidden in a dummy, they feel that their German relatives told the truth. But the team is ready for the tough dispute.

Written by

Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme

Directed by

Jay Chandrasekhar

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Broken Lizard Industries

Languages

Deutsch, English

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
73,461
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
46
Popularity
NA