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Oktoberfest beers are different from regular beers, festival organizers explain. Munich allows only six official Oktoberfest brews to be served — all local, all around 6% alcohol content and all ...
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.
Our guide to the area's many Oktoberfest events. Authenticity to Munich's original. Area's most authentic Oktoberfest gears up for two weekends of beer, brats and bands
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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 ...
If brewers use the typical hops for alcohol-free beer, the distinct aroma gets lost when the alcohol is reduced during the brewing process. But customers don't care about that, König said Friday as he prepared for Oktoberfest. “They only want to know that what they are tasting is as good as traditional beers with alcohol,” he said.