As if there weren’t enough reasons to enjoy the Oktoberfest, one more is that Paris Hilton definitely won’t be there. Apparently she showed last year dressed up in pseudo-local garb to hawk wine, of all things, and the conclusion was that she “cheapened” the event. Stunningly big surprise there - apparently, nothing ruins a good […]
One important detail about the Oktoberfest is the beer tents. The most important thing to know about that is that only Munich breweries may have a tent at the Oktoberfest. That said, there are in fact wine and champagne tents, which are surprisingly popular, as well as smaller “schnapps” tents serving up eau de vie […]
Most people don’t think of the Oktoberfest as an event for children, but ultimately it’s a fair, and no one likes rides more than children (or drunk adults). That and, as I’ve written elsewhere, Germans, or at least Bavarians, don’t think of beergardens and beer halls as places to visit independent of their children. Instead, […]
So, on Saturday the beer moved in to the Oktoberfest, so what more is there to do? Well, on Sunday was the traditional Costume and Marksman’s Parade (Trachten- und Schützenzug), where thousands of individuals in traditional costumes from across the world make their way through the streets of Munich to the fields where the Oktoberfest […]
As the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, “promptly at 12:00 noon on Saturday, mayor Christian Ude opened the 174th Oktoberfest with three strikes.” And with that, “O’zapft is!”, roughly translated as “The keg is tapped.”
The keg in this instance is a large wooden keg of beer, which has been dragged to the Schottenhamel tent by horse-drawn carriage […]
Well, tomorrow is the day that the Oktoberfest begins, with the ceremonial tapping of the keg in the Schottenhamel beer tent. O’zapft is! The weekend will be rounded out with a parade, cannon-shots over Munich, and an agricultural fair, among other things.
In preparation for that event, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich’s very respectable newspaper, has prepared […]
So, I took the plunge at my local distributor and purchased a case entitled “Mountain Mixer,” which is a combination of different brews from the Left Hand Brewing company. I had praised Left Hand’s Oktoberfest in an earlier post, so when I saw the assortment case I couldn’t resist.
I’m not sure if there are different […]
I like beer with a lot of different foods, from all sorts of different places. Indeed, entire books have been written on the subject (none of which I’ve actually read). But surely one food which goes well with beer is pizza.
Now, I must confess to often choosing a big-bodied red wine with my favorite slice, […]
I’m not entirely certain as to what a “cinematic experience” has to do with beer, but apparently that’s the route Belgian brewer Stella Artois will be taking over the next month. This novel approach to selling beer has certainly attracted a lot of attention in the blogging community, given that the primary vehicle for promoting […]
As those of you who read this blog already know, I’ll be going to the Oktoberfest at the end of September for a 20-year reunion of sorts. The strange thing about the Oktoberfest is that it starts in September and, more often than not, the bulk of this famous beer festival does not in fact […]
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