The 2022 Bier Immersion onslaught and Oktoberfest visit are in the history books. What will 2023 bring for our intrepid band of bier connoisseurs? Here's the countdown to the start of Oktoberfest 2023...

Visit Dave Finlay's Oktoberfest Resources site to learn more about our past visits, some history and interesting anecdotes.


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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Frau Chugger ?????

Dario Diaz & Aram Guluzian Confirmed - Part II

Come on Oktoberfestians, overwhelm our newbies with information, insights, guidance, and down right worthless information.  They are looking to you to guide them to the promised land.  Show your sainthood, manliness and Oktoberfest expertise.  Try your damndest to make them say one of the following:
  1. What gods these Oktoberfestians are, I aspire to their alter of bierness.
  2. What a bunch of drunks.
Sometime in October will will survey the newbies to see the true answer.

2011 Oktoberfest Trip Site Launched

The all new Oktoberfest Trip site is now live for your viewing pleasure. OK, so not a lot is new, yet. But there are updated specifics, a new recipe (just for Herr Chugger) and accurate rosters.

Click Here to visit the new site!

Monday, January 24, 2011

Dario Diaz & Aram Guluzian Confirmed

We have officially confirmed our arrangements in Munich. Aram & I will be staying at the Hilton Munich City arriving on September 22, 2011 and departing on September 26, 2011. I am in the process of learning the songs. Really looking forward to going.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Great Beer Commercial

While not Germany or Oktoberfest related, it is indeed about beer.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Let's remember...

It’s been a cold and snowy winter day here in Dayton, so I thought maybe it was time to challenge the Oktoberfestians. Hopefully this challenge can jog some lost memories and humor us all. The challenge is to remind us of a classic Oktoberfest moment that may have been lost in time.

There is only one rule/caveat; you cannot reference one of the all time moments that have gone done in Oktoberfest history. As the initiator of this topic, I declare the following top 5 events to be forever enshrined in our Oktoberfest hall of fame, and not available for discussion:


  1. Iwicki Stair Diving
  2. Tuna Fish Pizza
  3. Assisted ATM Withdrawal
  4. Bush Full of Barf
  5. Rang’s Woody

For those of you that experienced these events, just enjoy the memory. For those that have no clue, maybe a future topic will explore these classics.


So, who will go first?

In Retrospect...

How did we manage a successful trip in 1993 without the Internet and this Blog?

Sunday, January 09, 2011

Now on to the waiting and drinking...

Hotel reservations are made for Amsterdam and Munchen.

Flight reservations have been made for Chugger and Bob D.

Get moving Einfahrt and BarleyMan.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

What do we do in Amsterdam?

I have never been to Amsterdam, so I am wondering, what does one do there. Tripadvisor has many fun options, like bike tours, Anne Frank house, and boat tours. There also seems to be a cool walking tour of WWII sites. Is there beer there? I hope Barbus does not make us play tennis.

Barbus, what say you?

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Lederhosen....

Our Dutch friends, Barbus and SchlumbergerLady....

Classic Oktoberfest Songs

Who the Fuck is Alice?
via YouTube

Sierra Madre
via YouTube

Die Hände zum Himmel
via YouTube

Anton aus Tirol
via YouTube

And the Grand Daddy of all German Drinking songs, the One, The Only.....
Take Me Home Country Roads  You better learn this whether you like John Devnver or not !

BarleyMan at the Helm