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Oktoberfest might now be known around the world for huge beer tents, litres of lager and plenty of lederhosen, but it began as something <\/span>very different<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What started as a royal wedding celebration in Munich more than 200 years ago has grown into the world\u2019s largest folk festival, with beer becoming an increasingly important part of its story along the way.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read on as beer writer Mark Dredge explores how Oktoberfest became the <\/span>celebration<\/span> we know today and the beers that have helped define it.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is Oktoberfest<\/span>?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Oktoberfest is the most famous beer festival in the world, though to call it a beer festival is to <\/span>undersell<\/span> it: this is the world\u2019s largest folk festival which just happens to serve <\/span><\/span>a lot<\/span><\/span> of lager.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oktoberfest lasts for at least 16 days, beginning in mid-September and usually ending on the first Sunday in October.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>world-famous<\/span> event, which <\/span>dates back to<\/span> 1810, <\/span>actually began<\/span> as a wedding celebration, a horse <\/span>race<\/span> and an agricultural fair to encourage Munich residents to eat more vegetables. <\/span>So how did it evolve from that into a world-famous festival that attracts around seven million visitors each year?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A <\/span>b<\/span>rief <\/span>h<\/span>istory <\/span>o<\/span>f Oktoberfest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

On 12 October 1810, the King of Bavaria\u2019s son, <\/span>Crown Prince Ludwig, married Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony-<\/span>Hildburghausen<\/span>. The following day, 6,000 people from the upper-middle class were invited to a dinner and dance, while for the rest of the city\u2019s population \u2013 some 40,000 people \u2013 food and drink was provided at four different locations with vast quantities of bread, cheese and sausages given out for free, alongside more than 23,000 <\/span>litres<\/span> of beer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While the wedding was of local interest, and the free beer and sausages were nice, the majority of <\/span>Mu\u0308nchners<\/span> were most excited about a horse race which took place on 17 October. <\/span>Almost the<\/span> whole population<\/span>, including the royal family and the newlyweds, turned out to watch 30 horses compete on a great meadow <\/span>to<\/span> the <\/span>south<\/span> of the city. The grounds of the race were renamed <\/span>Theresienwiese<\/span> (Therese\u2019s Meadow), after Crown Princess Therese.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The wedding party was so good they celebrated the first anniversary with an \u201cOktober-<\/span>Festen<\/span>\u201d which combined the horse race with <\/span>an agricultural fair offering <\/span>priz<\/span>es for farmers, with the unspoken aim<\/span> of improving the quality of produce <\/span>at a time when local diets were heavily reliant on potatoes and offered relatively little nutritional variety.<\/span> Other events included <\/span>a shooting competition, a bowling alley and wheelbarrow races, while local innkeepers put up booths around the horse track to sell beer to those attending.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By 1820, there were <\/span>numerous<\/span> beer suppliers to the festival, and drinking started to become a bigger part of the festivities, so <\/span>special areas<\/span> were built just for drinking. But it <\/span>wasn\u2019t<\/span> a drinking <\/span>event<\/span> and it was arranged for the whole family with amusements and activities for all ages.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Munich quadrupled in size between 1810 and 1870. In 1871 Germany unified as a nation, and then in 1872 the festival was moved forward to start in September<\/span> to accommodate longer days and better weather<\/span>, and ever since then it<\/span> has<\/span> finished on the first Sunday in October. The beer sold in 1872 was also significant, but accidentally so.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ma\u0308rzen<\/span> was a beer<\/span> brewed in March and left to mature in cool underground cellars to be served in late summer. By the early 1870s, beer was changing in Munich. Inspired by the popularity of Pilsner and Vienna lagers, Munich\u2019s brewers started making <\/span>amber<\/span>–<\/span>coloured<\/span> lagers at a time when <\/span>almost all<\/span> beer was dark brown<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It had been <\/span>a hot summer<\/span> in <\/span>1872<\/span> and people at Oktoberfest were thirstier than usual, meaning that supplies of regular lager were low. One tavern owner was offered this new kind of paler <\/span>Ma\u0308rzen<\/span> by one of the local brewers and despite it being much more expensive than all the other beers, it was a big hit. It was brewed again the following year, <\/span>essentially as<\/span> a festival beer just for Oktoberfest. Then other brewers started to do the <\/span>same<\/span> and Oktoberfest developed its own unique type of beer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Oktoberfest progressed through the late nineteenth century, the central part of the event became a ring of around 20 beer stalls. This limited number of temporary taverns created demand, with breweries wanting to own their own to <\/span>maximise<\/span> the sales of their special <\/span>Oktoberfestbier<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Each tavern was newly constructed every year by carpenters. Then came the first \u2018<\/span>Bierburg<\/span>,\u2019 or Beer Castle, built in 1895 as a wooden hall large enough for 800 people. By the early 1900s, every local brewery had a huge castle for Oktoberfest \u2013\u202fsome big enough to hold 12,000 drinkers, entertained by entire orchestras.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The death and rebirth of Oktoberfest<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The World Wars stopped Oktoberfest,<\/span> as men were sent off to fight and public safety was seen as more <\/span>important<\/span>.<\/span> B<\/span>ut it became a local symbol of rebirth as it returned <\/span>as a smaller Autumn festival in the late <\/span>19<\/span>40s<\/span> before growing again<\/span> into the 1950s.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the 1960s, the earlier horse race was <\/span>gone<\/span> and the agricultural fair <\/span>wasn\u2019t<\/span> much of a draw, so that left the big beer tents. A combination of post-war economic revival, international tourism, <\/span>television<\/span> and word of mouth helped the festival grow more famous, while a new stereotype of Oktoberfest with\u202flederhosen, litres of lager and a happy, welcoming atmosphere shifted Germany\u2019s global identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then other cities around the world decided to start hosting their own local <\/span>Oktoberfests<\/span> in the style of the original, replicating the most obvious part of the festival \u2013 the lager and lederhosen \u2013 and Oktoberfest became world renowned and synonymous with <\/span>celebrating beer.<\/span> It’s<\/span> also<\/span> thought that a large part of growth outside of Germany was a result of <\/span>German <\/span>immigran<\/span>ts taking their cultural traditions, brewing heritage and festive celebrations to new regions, especially in North America.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oktoberfest today<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Today, the beer castles, <\/span>generally referred<\/span> to as tents, are still massive.<\/span> There are 14 big tents and 21 smaller <\/span>tents<\/span> and they are all along a <\/span>one<\/span>–<\/span>kilometre<\/span> stretch of road through <\/span>Theresienwiese<\/span>, known locally as <\/span>Wiesn<\/span>. The biggest \u201ctent\u201d is 85m long and <\/span>has a capacity of 10,000 people<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All tents have live music, some from orchestras, some from bands. There\u2019s classic Bavarian food with lots of pork, sausages, <\/span>potatoes<\/span> and bread, though the famous food of Oktoberfest is \u201c<\/span>hendl<\/span>\u201d,<\/span> half a spit-roasted chicken.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Munich has its \u2018big six\u2019 breweries: <\/span>Augustiner<\/span>, Hacker-<\/span>Pschorr<\/span>, Hofbrau, Lowenbrau, Paulaner and Spaten. <\/span>These are the only breweries whose beer is served at the official Oktoberfest. Each has a presence in at least one of the large tents and produces an annual <\/span>Oktoberfestbier<\/span> for the event.<\/span> Beer is traditionally served by the <\/span>litre<\/span> in a <\/span>Ma\u00df<\/span> (not a \u2018stein<\/span>\u2019,<\/span> which is a stone mug), and around seven million <\/span>litres<\/span> of beer are drunk during the official Oktoberfest celebration.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But beer is only part of Oktoberfest. The <\/span>Wiesn<\/span> remains<\/span> a festival for the whole family, with a huge funfair featuring rides, <\/span>games<\/span> and a giant Ferris wheel.<\/span> <\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Across the world, other countries also celebrate with live music, classic Bavarian <\/span>food<\/span> and plenty of beer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are Oktoberfest beers like?\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

As mentioned earlier, there are some beer styles that have become known because of their presence in Oktoberfest celebrations.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>M\u00e4rzen<\/span>-style <\/span>Festbier<\/span> first drunk in the 1870s persisted until the 1950s. It was an amber-coloured lager, with toasted malt flavours, some residual sweetness and low hop character.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From the 1950s onwards, as pale Helles lager grew in popularity and consumer tastes shifted towards lighter beers, Oktoberfest lagers gradually became paler, <\/span>drier<\/span> and crisper.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today the \u2018Big Six\u2019 Munich breweries all produce an \u2018<\/span>Oktoberfestbier<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>that\u2019s<\/span> relatively uniform<\/span>. <\/span>It\u2019s<\/span> 5.7-6.3% ABV, a brilliant golden colour, malt-forward in flavour (think breadcrusts and a clean, pure flavour of malted barley) with low bitterness and overall balance. One noticeable quality you\u2019ll find at Oktoberfest is that <\/span>they are typically less highly carbonated than many other lagers<\/span> and that\u2019s to help with the kind of high<\/span>–<\/span>volume drinkability that you might appreciate when attending Oktoberfest (bottled versions tend to be carbonated to the usual level of a Helles lager).\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The amber-coloured <\/span>Festbier<\/span> or M\u00e4rzen is still something brewers make as an Oktoberfest beer despite it no longer being brewed for Oktoberfest.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Festbier<\/span> or M\u00e4rzen are typically around 6% ABV, bright amber in colour, have rich malt flavours of breadcrusts, <\/span>toast<\/span> and some sweeter toffee flavours, plus a robust hop bitterness, classically from herbal German hops.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the author<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Mark Dredge is a James <\/span>Beard<\/span> Award-<\/span>winning writer. He has written nine books about beer, including A Brief History <\/span>o<\/span>f<\/span> Lager.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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