Visits to Oktoberfest - A World Class Event

Welcome to the first Blog dedicated to visiting Munich and the annual Oktoberfest ritual. Many of us have been visiting this “celebration of all celebrations”, as a group since 1993. We hope to share our experiences, provide tips for visiting, and give you our views on the typical “what to do” and “what not to do”. But primarily we want to have some good discussions with those of you who love beer, and may or may not have ever visited this fine event. Give us your thoughts.

Be sure to visit these great resources...Cheers!

Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich    BeerAdvocate.com    Official Oktoberfest Site    Trip History

 

BarleyMan's Lazy Shortcut for Posting      Official 2007 Trip Planning Site


Thursday, June 16, 2005

Not beer or Oktoberfest related, but......

Speaking of Rules....

We always hear "the rules" from the female perspective, and now, for everyone's education, are some rules passed along from the male perspective.

Please note, these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

Feel free to comment and correct or amend any rule; especially you Paulaner Girl ! !

1. Women need to learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports.
It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport.
And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it.
That's what we do. Sympathy is what girlfriends are for.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color.
Pumpkin is also a fruit.
We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...Really.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape.
Round is a shape.

1. Men really don't mind sleeping on the couch after an argument.
It's like camping.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

All Hail the Euro ! ! !

The Euro continues to decline against the Almight Dollar (or is more appropriate to say the Dollar Gains Against the Euro ! ! !). Yee Ha ! ! ! It closed today at $1.21 per Euro. If this trend continues, we may actually be able to afford to drink this year.

Check out the trend....

Time to Release the Rooms at Hotel Alfa?

While I enjoy being a travel agent and trip organizer (yeah right ! ! !), we still have a significant number of rooms available at the infamous Hotel Alfa. My plan is to cancel all of them July 1st. Any reason not to?

I know there is at least one other person who will not be mentioned that still says "I'm going", but hasn't committed. I'm not a babysitter, and if you can't commit after almost 6 months, the French would say "C'est la vie". I say, "tough shit".

Here's the latest "final" assignments.

Sunday, June 12, 2005

Oktoberfester Field Trip report, Tokyo

Barleyman reporting in from Tokyo. No Barley malt in sight. All beer appears to be made from Rice. Hops in minimal quantities.

Any suggestions?

Tried Sapporo Black label last night. Reminded me of Carling Black Label (Mabel, Hey Mabel, Get off of the table, the quarter was for the beer!)

Seriously, anyone know of any Japanese beer worth drinking that I can only get here in country? I like Kirin and Asahi, but both are pretty bland.

News?!

I just read this in the news:

The Australian minister Grant McBride is trying to ban the Dutch beerbrand Shag. It's a beer from the Alfa brewery in Limburg The Netherlands. He said their slogan Fancy a Shag? is indecent. :?

Hope they don't ban shags in Australia. :)

Possible new Trip?

another good tip from
BARBUS Research Team Ltd
(Division of OJEMKBDZ Corp.)

New Research Beer Price at the Wies'n

The Barbus Research Team & Co Ltd (a division of OJEMKBDZ Corp.) has published their latest report on Beer prices at the Wiessen.
another good tip from
Barbus Research Team Ltd.

(a division of OJEMKBDZ Corp.)

Although the Euro is lower the Beer price is getting higher in 2005 at the Wies'n. An average of 2% is to be expected.

The report by Barbus Research Team & Co Ltd is an in-depth study on all Wies'n Beer Tents. Reasons for the Beer price raise is mainly caused by the Bush economics Policies resulting into higher grain prices.

A spokesman of The Barbus Research Team & Co Ltd (a division of OJEMKBDZ Corp.) said that the Wies'n Beer Tent owners expect even more raise following the Euro in reverse.