Saturday, February 12, 2011
So, what do you do on the off year?
I see that you guys and gals hit Germany every other year. The fact that you go that many times for that many years means that the Oktoberfest in Munich is a part of life for you, a felling which I share. But what do you guys do on the off year? It must be sometimes almost unbearable around the hot days of August not to book that flight and room in Munich. So how do you get by? Do you all plan something here in the states? Or just hit something local?
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On the first Anniversary of our trip from Oktoberfest Alkoholische and I bought a keg of Warstiner, 10 pounds of beer brats and sauerkraut, some Beer Garden music and invited over 40 or so friend over for the festivities. Some even went online and purchased not the costume lederhosen and dirndls but the authentic ones. Hell, even my dad, mom, mother and wife was dressed for the occasion. We also had liter beer boot competitions, which was won by a female co-worker of mine with no gag reflex. Mark had to by rent a 20x by 20x ft tent to keep the rain back. Everyone had a wonderful time..
Betrunken,
You raise an interesting question. We have never hosted an off-year Okteberfest here in the Dayton area. There is a large German heritage around Dayton and Cincinnati, so we are never at a loss for places to go.
Our own Dayton Art Institute holds a big 3 day 'Fest, usually the 3rd weekend of September. In addition, Cincinnati holds their large 'Fest, called Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. They claim it is the largets in the U.S.
Finally, just south of Cincinnati in Newport, KY, is the first officially licensed Hofbrauhaus outside of Munchen. The others are now in Las Vegas and Pittsburg.
We are not at a loss for good Berman Bier.
One year, we turned our dinner party into a semi-official Oktoberfest event. I do warn people that I have seen Oktoberfest events in the US which are "dry". As crazy as that seems, it is true. I have also seen ones where the beer drinking is limited to US Macro Brews, with folks penned into a small "drinking zone".
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