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The brewery Hofbräuhaus, the tent's sponsor, has been active in Oktoberfest since 1955. The current tent was built in 1972. The tent needs three months to be erected every year. During the 16-day-long festivities of Oktoberfest 2004, a total of 500,000 liters of beer and 70,000 whole roast chickens were consumed.
Festbier served at Oktoberfest in the traditional 1-litre Maß. Märzen (German: [ˈmɛʁt͡sn̩] ⓘ) or Märzenbier (German: March beer) is a lager that originated in Bavaria, Germany. It has a medium to full body and may vary in colour from pale through amber to dark brown. [1] It was the beer traditionally served at the Munich Oktoberfest.
The brewery owns the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl, the Hofbräukeller and one of the largest tents at the Oktoberfest (Hofbräu-Festzelt). There are many types of beer brewed using original recipes handed down by Wilhelm V, the Duke of Bavaria. The current beers produced include a Weißbier and Helles, Maibock, Dunkel and Oktoberfest lagers.
The event, the group’s eighth annual, will start Oct. 13 with a Beer Fest featuring a long list of beers to sample. It requires a ticket that’s $60 in advance (or $100 for VIP early entry.)
Even at Oktoberfest — arguably the world's most famous ode to alcohol — alcohol-free beer is on the menu. All but two of the 18 large tents at the festival offer the drink through the celebration's 16 days.
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The Oktoberfestbier is produced in spring to be sold in autumn for the Oktoberfest. It has >13.7° Plato wort and 5.9% of alcohol by volume. The lighter beer is the Diät-Pils, which may also be consumed by diabetics; [citation needed] (100 ml contains about 134 kJ, 32 kcal). It has 4.9% of alcohol by volume. Non-alcoholic beer has a wort of >7 ...
Beer is served in standard 1 liter mugs called Maß, this one shown in the Wirtsgarten. The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a beer hall in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, originally built in 1589 by Bavarian Duke Maximilian I as an extension of the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München brewery. The general public was admitted in 1828 by Ludwig I.