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Starkbierzeit – Munich’s Secret Beer Festival

February 2, 2011 by 3 Comments
Enjoying a German beer

Munich's Secret Spring Beer Festival - Starkbierzeit: Oktoberfest is well known around the world (beer drinker or not). But Munich has another huge beer festival that is not so well publicised. At the Starkbierzeit ask for "ein Doppelbock bitte" and you’ll be served with a very potent double strength beer! "Bock" stands for strong beer and "doppel" means double so the beers have an alcohol volume of no less than 7.5%. Munich’s Starkbierzeit spring festival usually begins during Lent … [Read more...]

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Munich’s Famous Hofbrauhaus

October 5, 2010 by 1 Comment
Hofbrauhaus am Platzl, Munich

The Hofbrauhaus - A Popular Beer Hall and Tourist Attraction: The Hofbrauhaus am Platzl has a reputation of being one of Munich's most popular beer halls and a great tourist attraction. It was based on this reputation that we were seduced into joining in an evening dinner here, even though we expected that the mostly meat dishes would be of no use to us - at least we'd get to listen to some omp-pah-pah music and experience the Oktoberfest atmosphere. About Hofbräuhaus am … [Read more...]

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Oktoberfest Food

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Oktoberfest Food

Oktoberfest Tents and the Foods They Specialize In: There are plenty of tents to enjoy on your Oktoberfest visit at, many of which specialize in certain beers or traditional Oktoberfest food. To make the most of your Oktoberfest visit and to make sure that you don't miss out on enjoying your favourite Oktoberfest taste sensation, it's useful to know which tents  specialize in what food.  Here are some of them: Bratwurst can be found at Zur Bratwurst, which is not really a tent but … [Read more...]

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Oktoberfest 2012 – Traditional Oktoberfest Beer Tents

August 7, 2010 by 1 Comment
Schottenhamel Oktoberfest Tent

Some Traditional Beer Tents at Munich Oktoberfest: There are many beer tents at Oktoberfest, each one offering visitors to the world's most famous beer festival a particular experience, taste sensation, and of course beer. To check out the scene at some of the traditional Oktoberfest beer tents, we pay a visit to a few of the Oktoberfest tents below to experience some traditional Oktoberfest hospitality. Schottenhamel Tent Schottenhamel began in 1867 as a single small shed behind the … [Read more...]

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Oktoberfest – A Royal Beginning

March 12, 2010 by 2 Comments
Oktoberfest

How Munich's Oktoberfest Started: Millions of people attend the Munich's Oktoberfest each year, but how many know that it all started from a royal wedding in 1810? On October 12, 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (who later become King Ludwig I), married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the wedding festivities which took place on a meadow just outside the city fringe. Ever since that historic day the site has been called Theresienwiese … [Read more...]

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