Beer Armageddon: Beer prices at Oktoberfest (and how to deal with them) - Page 1
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author: iMo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 09:05:40 am
content: From Oktoberfest.deQuoteLast time I was there a Maas of beer cost something like 4DM.. The prices went up 7x, imho..

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 09:06:29 am
content: It's remarkably easy to cope when you don't like beer

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 10:10:22 am
content: Quote from: tom66 on September 18, 2022, 09:06:29 amCan you get beer at Ocktoberfest? I presume it is all lager

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 07:30:18 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on September 18, 2022, 10:10:22 amActually 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.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 07:32:56 pm
content: Quote from: Benta on September 18, 2022, 07:30:18 pmIf you are spending October in Antarctica, what else is there to do but get drunk?

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 07:36:25 pm
content: Quote from: tom66 on September 18, 2022, 09:06:29 amI've been to Oktoberfest a couple of times, and I found the Coca Cola quite satisfactory.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 07:39:04 pm
content: Quote from: imo on September 18, 2022, 09:05:40 amThat's pretty expensive beer. Is there gold dust in it or what?

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 08:20:58 pm
content: QuoteYouve not bought a pint in london then.Assuming the price is for a liter,the strength is above average and your at a tourist event so it aint to bad .If you want an expensive , but well worth it in my opinion,get yerself a pint of mexicake,was around £13 when my local had it on

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 08:28:05 pm
content: Quote from: themadhippy on September 18, 2022, 08:20:58 pmMost of the beer at Oktoberfest seems to be bought by the jug, which is larger than a litre. If the price is per jug, rather than per litre, it doesn't seem extreme.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 08:33:13 pm
content: Oh yeah assumed the "maas" mentioned was a pint. For 1 liter it's not too bad, although it's rather your average price in a city pub and I would have expected lower prices at the Oktoberfest, but oh well. Inflation is there anyway.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 08:33:47 pm
content: Quote from: coppice on September 18, 2022, 08:28:05 pmThe beer is sold by the masskrug, which holds one litre. It looks big because a litre is a lot of beer.

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 08:55:19 pm
content: 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".

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 09:10:45 pm
content: I like Weihenstephaner Vitus (weizenbock) and Hoegaarden (witbier), although I haven't drank any alcohol in the last year or two. They cost here about 10€ a liter in the store, double to triple that in bars.

author: Zeyneb
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 09:35:14 pm
content: Hmm, €12.60 for a beer? I can buy a 500 ml beer from the supermarket for € 0.59. Knowing I'm not pissing away al that money and enjoying the comfort of my own house, without any risk of having obnoxious people around I do prefer the latter.

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 09:57:54 pm
content: (Siri) Phrasebook terms for Oktoberfistfest visitors.Bitte ein halb großes. (Half a gross one please)Langsam trinken (Drink slow)Benzin ist billiger (Gasoline is cheaper)Alkoholfreies bier!!!! (Fun free beer)Mein Krug ist leer (My jug is empty)Ich habe kein Geld mehr (I have no more money)

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2022, 10:25:29 pm
content: 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.

author: nightfire
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2022, 01:18:07 am
content: Quote from: Benta on September 18, 2022, 08:55:19 pmWell, 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...

author: srb1954
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2022, 03:51:48 am
content: Quote from: Benta on September 18, 2022, 07:30:18 pmThe beer will be really, really expensive if you have to fly it in from Munich to Antarctica.

author: iMo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2022, 06:52:52 am
content: 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..Quotehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%9F

author: LaserSteve
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2022, 05:11:12 pm
content: 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-cleanedThe 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

author: Jeff eelcr
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2022, 02:05:14 pm
content: At least its good beer, here we have beer flavored water that can not keep a head on itand smells of skunk.So many different town beer's there and most are great beer, so germany or St JamesGate.Jeff

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2022, 02:39:13 pm
content: QuoteAnd in typical merican fashion the largest purveyor of flat skunk water tried to sue one of worlds oldest brewers over the name