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Beer Armageddon: Beer prices at Oktoberfest (and how to deal with them)

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jpanhalt:
Way back in the mid-70's my wife and I were returning to the US from a business trip to Zurich.  It was my first trip outside of North America.  I scheduled a stop in Munich that happened to coincide with Oktoberfest.  We landed without hotel reservations and by sheer luck got a room at a very nice hotel apparently built for the Olympics.  It was adjacent to a large beer garden.  We absolutely loved it -- the whole thing with pretzels around your neck and so forth.  We spent the next day at the technical museum.  I could have spent a lot more time.  My wife, maybe not.  Next day it was on to Amsterdam.  What a stark difference.  After just one day there, I got the next flight home, even though I had to pay a little extra.  That was not my last trip to Germany or a beer garden.  They are/were so different in a positive sense than anything in America.  People having fun, relaxing, drinking, and no fights.

BTW, I really like beer.  My favorite everyday brew is Yuengling Golden Pilsner.

nightfire:

--- Quote from: Benta on September 18, 2022, 08:55:19 pm ---A "mass" = 1 litre (I live in Munich). Normal order in a pub/bar/Bierkeller would be "ein halbes" meaning 1/2 litre. Smaller is not offered.
If you want smaller, you need to go to Köln/Cologne, where they are very proud of their thimble-sized "Kölsch".  ::)

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Well, in northern germany some 0.33 Liter is still some acknowledged standard size, at least for real beer (Pils)
Kölsch is a very special stuff with some own culture behind it, that differs a bit from the rest of germany...

srb1954:

--- Quote from: Benta on September 18, 2022, 07:30:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on September 18, 2022, 10:10:22 am ---Can you get beer at Ocktoberfest? I presume it is all lager :)

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Actually it's "Helles", which looks a bit like the coloured water, aka lager, sold in British pubs, but with a lot more taste and substance, and an alcohol percentage of 6.2...6.3.
I wonder why the Oktoberfest beer price is a problem in Antarctica.

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The beer will be really, really expensive if you have to fly it in from Munich to Antarctica.

iMo:
To stay technical in this section:

The full Maßkrug weights 2.4kg and the world record in holding it at arm's length is 45minutes and 2 seconds..  :phew:


--- Quote ---According to physicist Erich Schuller of the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, a Maßkrug is an "effective percussion tool" in which each strike is potentially life-threatening. An empty Maß weighs 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb) and can produce a force of 8,500 newtons (1,900 lbf) in a violent blow, far surpassing the 4,000 newtons (900 lbf) required to break a human's skullcap.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%9F

LaserSteve:
Your just getting expenses passed on to you. Custom fitted Dirndl dresses are expensive.
Especially when ruined daily by beer spillage.
Probably need to be dry-cleaned

The tents are probably inspected daily. I'm sure keeping a DIN(?)  standard tent in clean and good shape is expensive,  especially if they have to replace the pavement where the tent spikes / pegs go.

With the "Association Against the Fraudulent Pouring of Beer" hanging aroound, I'll bet  that creates additional "Expenses" to be competitive.

A good beer is cost effective:

You really get ripped off when you buy a soda or carbonated beverage.

I worked my way thru college partially in the restaurant business. Ice is far  cheaper then sugar and bulk liquefied CO2. It takes up volume in the glass or cup. As soda and sometimes Lager in the US is sold at a calibrated temperature just at or slightly below freezing,  you don't  need to ice the beverage.  Ice is there to enhance profit.

Only Iced Tea and ice water needs ice.

I used to calibrate the post-mix  Coke dispensers daily. If your "heavy" on the flavoring syrup you'll hear about it from the accountant.

It would not surprise me in the least if there are two grades of beer at Octoberfest.  Lever "A" and Lever "B" depending on the customer's state of inebration. Anything to make a pfenning.

Do I need to tell you about the polymers and solid additives in a "Shake" Vs a true "Milk Shake" ? The added sugar in hamburger buns so they brown quickly?

Extra salt on the pretzels is there for a reason..

Lol....just kidding. But seriously sip your beer slowly.

Steve

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