Instructions
- : Don’t drink unless you’re of legal age. Drink responsibly, and never drink and drive.
- Step 1: Get married Get married. Since the original Oktoberfest was a wedding celebration, what better homage to the history of Oktoberfest than by having a wedding?
- Step 2: Hit the track Go to the race track. The original Oktoberfest celebration was initially built around a horse race. Although the race has long been eliminated from the annual Oktoberfest celebration in Munich, you can keep the tradition alive — and maybe even win some dough.
- TIP: If you can’t get to the track, hit an off-track betting location.
- Step 3: Visit an agricultural show Visit your local agricultural show. Oktoberfest has featured an agricultural show since its inception, and still features one today.
- Step 4: Eat sausage Cook some pork sausages. Annually, Oktoberfest celebrants consume more than 200,000 pairs of pork sausage, as well as 480,000 spit-roasted chickens over the two-week-long celebration.
- Step 5: Drink beer Celebrate Oktoberfest by drinking traditional Oktoberfest beer. The common Oktoberfest beer is a style called Bavarian Maerzenbier. It’s a dark copper-colored amber lager with a mildly hoppy flavor.
- Step 6: Try other beers Try other German beers if you can’t find authentic Maerzenbier. There are many widely available imports. Spaten, Paulaner, Ayinger, and Hacker-Pschorr all have comparable flavors to authentic Oktoberfest beer.
- TIP: Beware of domestic beers that add the “Oktoberfest” label to any old style of beer just to cash in on the celebration.
- Step 7: Don’t overdo it Don’t drink too much. The celebration lasts 16 days, so you’ll want to be in it for the long haul. Tschuss!
- FACT: The Schottenhamel Oktoberfest beer tent, which takes 10 weeks to construct and 5 weeks to dismantle, has a seating capacity of 7,500.
You Will Need
- Wedding
- Racetrack
- Agricultural show
- Sausage and chicken
- Beer
- Moderation
- Off-track betting location (optional)
- Knowledge of traditional Oktoberfest beer (optional)
