Oktoberfest Tshirt

Oktoberfest Grab Sausage Tshirt

Long time readers may remember this shirt but given it is a top seller at the store, it is one I like to highlight each year.   This is the first t-shirt I ever designed for the store:  it depicts a guy in lederhosen carrying a large sausage.  The back say’s “Grab your Sausage and Have Fun”.

Why highlight an Oktoberfest shirt the end of August?  Well, while Munich Germany’s Oktoberfest actually runs into October (Sept 18 – October 3), Cincinnati celebrates it smack dab in September (the 18th and 19th) and Covington, KY (right across the river from Cincinnati) celebrates the weekend before.

Quick trivial facts.  Cincinnati has the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States.  Last year an astute commenter indicated that it was Canada that held the distinction of the largest outside of Germany.  However, he is wrong according to my spot Wikipedia sources.  The largest celebration outside Germany is in Blumenau, BRAZIL!  But here is where Cincinnati gets back some of it’s swagger.  Estimates for the Canadian and Brazilian Oktoberfest are in the 700,000’s.  However each lasts about a week.  Cincinnati pulls in around 500,000 people in just 2 days.  Now who drinks more?

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Comments

75 responses to “Oktoberfest Tshirt”

  1. lisleman Avatar

    I was fortunate enough to make in to Oktoberfest in Munich once. Such a party.

    Besides the great steins of beer the pretzels were huge. Also, chicken was popular dish.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I’m thinking I want to do the Brazilian one. I heard rumors of free beer.

      1. susi spice Avatar

        free beer?? bhahahah yeah…laced with rohipnol!

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Is that how you get a man home?

          1. susi spice Avatar

            :O I dont take men home!!!

            park maybe..
            carpark often.. but home.never!!!

          2. bearman Avatar

            That’s true…that is too much like commitment for you.

          3. Ron-Yves Avatar

            Park? You sexify dudes in the bushes?

  2. gallowaygrave Avatar
    gallowaygrave

    Hic, no more jugs… I’m pissed!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well then don’t go to the UK version of Oktoberfest. Heard that one is pretty good too.

  3. Suzanne Avatar

    Nice job on the shirt! I am planning on going to my first Oktoberfest this year, but I did find it strange that it was in the middle of September.

    Think Cincinnati should take the win on that.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Which one? Munich??

      1. Suzanne Avatar

        what, now I’m confused, lol. More exact, pulling in 500,000 in 2 days wins, but maybe they should extend it. People do love their beers.

        1. bearman Avatar

          No…I meant which Oktoberfest are you going to?

  4. Dan Avatar

    I’ve been to Cincy’s Oktoberfest. All I have so say is – WOW. That’s a good time. The only thing it lacks is Clark Griswold dancing around.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Since they tend to pull in a minor celeb each year to lead the chicken dance, I am suprised Chevy Chase hasn’t been called to the task.

  5. nursemyra Avatar

    I like the jugs tee!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well stick around…might be a way to win that shirt soon.

  6. Ahmnodt Heare Avatar

    Why are so many Oktoberfest parties in September? Is it because the Germans can’t spell October?

  7. Denny DelVecchio Avatar

    It’s always Oktoberfest at Denny’s.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      The Restaurant or your blog?

      1. susi spice Avatar

        hi imaginery land…where Muggsy (his imaginery pony) drags the beer barrels to the bongs

        1. Denny DelVecchio Avatar

          All of the above.

          Added u as a DelVecchio-approved read, Bear.

          Warmth and fuzziness.

          1. Denny DelVecchio Avatar

            Bear…fan-tastic job on the ad….i think i’m going to use it on my homepage….thanks!!!!!

  8. Friggin Loon Avatar

    Oh for Cincinnati. So shouldn’t that be “grab your wiener?” I’m just saying!!!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Probably but that’s just a little too risque.

      1. Friggin Loon Avatar

        Blahahaha and “grab a few jugs” isn’t? Tsk, tsk Bearman you are becoming very teddy 🙂

        1. Bearman Avatar

          What’s a “teddy”?

  9. Nate Fakes Avatar

    I used to really enjoy Minster Ohio’s Octoberfest. Ohio parties….a lot.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Lot of German folk made their way to the Ohio valley back in the day…the rest just like to drink.

  10. bschooled Avatar

    Crap! I wish you would have had these a couple years ago. My sister went to Germany for Oktoberfest and this shirt would have been perfect!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I did have them a couple years ago. My tshirts preceeded my cartoon blog.

  11. MJ Avatar

    Agreed, It’s freaking hilarious.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thank you sir.

  12. Scott Oglesby Avatar

    Love the shirts! At some point in the very near future I would like to commision you to design a few for me. I was thinking one of Che Guevara wearing a t-shirt with me printed on it. Just kidding, but stuff like that for sure.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That would be a top selling one I am sure. Commission away.

    2. Don Mills Avatar

      Sorry to interject but that’s a brilliant idea, Scott. You have to get that made.

      1. bearman Avatar

        I need a better picture of Scott though..haha

  13. Tony Avatar

    OK I have grabbed my sausage.
    Now what???
    I am still waiting for the fun to start…

    1. Bearman Avatar

      If you can’t grab your sausage and have fun you might need the little blue pill Tony.

      1. susi spice Avatar

        lmao tony u crack me up

  14. susi spice Avatar

    my my what a big sausage you have there…

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That’s what they all say.

      1. Walker Avatar

        and, exactly what i was going to say. Susi, you are so original, I’m envious! It is quite a sausage! Impressive. Spicy or mild?

        1. bearman Avatar

          How is she original if it is the exact thing you were going to say?

          1. susi spice Avatar

            hahha shut up bearman im taking this compliment and framing it in GOLD…haha

            i prefer spicy sausage..just so much more flavour! 😀 hehe

          2. bearman Avatar

            I hate when my sausage burns

          3. susi spice Avatar

            u might need some cream for that bearman…i hear its contageous 😛

          4. bearman Avatar

            “contageous” Sometimes I wonder if that is your Dunbo mispelling or if that is how you spell things in Australia.

          5. susi spice Avatar

            …..go suck on a sausage

            lol

          6. bearman Avatar

            At least you have no trouble with your insults

  15. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    I can’t make it to Ocktoberfest anywhere this year. My lederhosen are in the shop for repairs.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That sounds serious.

      1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

        That’s why I’m wearin’ overhauls.

        1. bearman Avatar

          “overhauls” hahah love it.

  16. Brad Avatar

    That sausage IS way too small for me. Wait, that sausage just represents sausage, right?

    1. bearman Avatar

      I didn’t know you had such a big appetite.

  17. blunt delivery Avatar

    i haven’t said the “S” word in about 15 years.

    i can’t believe you put it on a shirt.

    not okay

    1. bearman Avatar

      What words do you use instead?

  18. Vodka and Ground Beef Avatar

    Who knew Cincinnati was the place to be?

    1. bearman Avatar

      Duncan and the Friggin Loon did obviously b/c that is where they get half of all their news of the weird.

      1. susi spice Avatar

        loon is just an american wannabe… traitor traitor to our country!!!

        1. bearman Avatar

          Well our countries both started as cast offs from Britain so…

  19. George Avatar

    Great designs, Bearman! I’ve never celebrated Oktoberfest, but it looks like a whole lotta fun. May have to give it a try one year.

    1. bearman Avatar

      I’ll break you in George.

  20. Gruff Guano Avatar

    Nice shirts!

    Hey that reminds me of a joke:

    The managers of Heineken, Corona and Jupiler are in a bar together. When asked what they want to drink, the manager of Heineken orders a Heineken lager, the manager of Corona orders a Corona lager, with a slice of lemon. And the manager of Jupiler orders a Coca Cola. The other managers are smirking about that, and ask the Jupiler manager why he doesn’t drink his own product. He says “well if you lot aren’t having a beer, then I won’t be either.”

    1. bearman Avatar

      I never heard of Jupiler. I have been on this stuff called Avalanche lately. It’s good for those of us in the east where they don’t ship Fat Tire out too.

  21. Ron-Yves Avatar

    Dick jokes—they just never stop working 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      When in doubt…head to the gutter.

  22. SpilledInkGuy Avatar
    SpilledInkGuy

    *oohmpa oohmpa …
    oohmpa oohmpa …*

    🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      This isn’t a willy wonka cartoon.

  23. WriterDood Avatar

    Personally, I just like the beer. But I’d wear the shirt.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well see my most recent post on how you can win it free.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Email me the first image and I’ll put something together with it.