Following up with Barley Man.  Hitting stride tonight.  Only one more Hofbrauhaus in America to hit and I have been to all of them!  Pittsburgh is in my sights to finish the mission.  In Saint Louis, Missouri and is this place gigantic!

In case you do not know this is my lovely youngest daughter debating weather she should drink my beer while I was not looking.  In addition, Patti added a video for your listening pleasure.  Not certain it will play so here goes!  PROST!

Practice makes perfect.  Starting to hit stride.

An evening out recommendation.

Ok, I'll be the one to bring it up, and face the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune.

During our Oktoberfest training session last Saturday, we discussed various options for the tent visits. Obviously we have our reservations on Saturday afternoon, but what about other visits? We talked about the need for an evening visit during the heightened fun and debauchery. Unfortunately, 10 people trying to get a table at night is problematic. How could we mitigate this problem? Well, we could just split into groups and go for it. Probably works, but how would we split?

One option discussed was to split into a tent and non-tent group. Some people think there are more important things than the tents at night, and that is fine. We could have a group that does the tents, and another group that goes for a nice dinner, explores other Munich venues, or maybe goes shopping. No judgement.

Comments? Thoughts? Who would like a tent night? Who would like something else? Which night would work best?

Prost!

Beer to the Next Level

It had to come sooner or later. Sleep with your beer.

"Woody Trip" Trademark Infringement

The owner, Tony of "Big Wood" should have been on the "Woody Trip"  I am certain he would have contributed to the conversations:

Munich Dunkel in San Diego

Still training. This time a Munich Dunkel from Mason Ale Works.

We got our trachen wear from dirndl.com. Nice quality and fit well. And believe it or not I ordered it from Germany on 8/17 and got it today!  No VAT no customs charges like last time. So there is still time to buy yourself something new to wear to the weis'n

Oktoberfest 2016 Wies'n Kok

From my archives of 2016...

The Aftermath of Wiesn Kok

or is this just Einfahrt after a few?

Our First Beer

Keith ...

Sent from my iPhone

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Mecklenburg

Oktoberfest Training Event

The Dayton Oktoberfest contingent is heading to Mecklenburg Gardens in Cincinnati for dinner and brews. Also, I'm watching the Better Late Than Ever episode where the guys go to Munich. If you have never seen the show, it's great. Terry Bradshaw, Henry Winkler, George Foreman and William Shatner travel the wold.

Photographic evidence to follow.

OKTOBERFEST COKE

Holy shit .......    white stuff you’ll see being sold at Oktoberfest. And not just by some guy behind the beer garden; I mean by tent servers. Crazy world!

Cha Ching Cha Ching (Part II)

I tried posting this last night, but my iPad was having brain farts. The point being, with the new exchange rates, they may well be paying us to drink beer.

Possible Day Trips

Jane is raising the following options for day trips. Please opine.

Regensburg: meet your guide at Munich Central Station and board your train to Regensburg. Your journey takes roughly 1.5 hours, and as you travel, your guide will talk to you about Regensburg and its history. Standing on the Danube River and once a Roman settlement, Regensburg was the first capital of Bavaria, and flourished between the 11th and 13th centuries with trading links that reached as far as Venice and Kiev. $53

Munich Old Town tour with a pickup from your central hotel or alternatively, meet your private guide near Munich Central Station. Then, set off to explore the medieval streets while learning about the city's fascinating history and culture. If there's something you want to know more about,
simply let your guide know; your tour is private so your itinerary can be tailored to your interests. $300

Third Reich tour: Munich was the birthplace of the Nazi Party and the homof its headquarters. The voice of Adolf Hitler resounded around the public squares and streets of Munich before being heard anywhere else in Germany. As the stage upon which some of the Nazis' most notorious crimes, from Hitler's failed Putsch to the horrific Kristallnacht, the largest anti-Semitic progrom seen in Europe for centuries and a dismal milestone on the road to the Holocaust were launched, Munich was the nursery of a movement that would shake humanity with some of the most infamous and terrible events in history.$25

Brewery tour: Meet your guide in central Munich and then head by coach to the Spaten brewery. When you arrive, meet experienced brewmasters who will tell you all about the brewery's history and Germany's beer culture.Learn how the beer is brewed according to the original Bavarian 'Order of Purity,' which follows the Bavarian Purity Law enacted in 1516 by Duke Wilhelm IV of
Bavaria $35

Central Munich and Third Reich: Experience a walking tour through central Munich focusing on the City's association with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. The tour draws together modern day Munich with it's more sinister past which is not obvious to the casual visitor. Your highly experienced native English speaking guide will lead you through this beautiful city, pointing out structures pertaining to the period whilst interweaving the story with a biography of Adolf Hitler and his relationship with the city.$22

Chugger 2016. Great trip enjoyed by all. I wish you all a great trip sorry I will miss it this year.

Ein prosit von Oktoberfestband die Kirchdorfer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUvOh_XzF8Y
Only 38 days from now!

NEW! 

MAGA Caps and Shirts. For sure you will be popular in Munich at Oktoberfest.

We take pre-orders.
Post your size and numbers.
BTW: this is NOT political this is LOL! 😀

Amazing meals...

This is what we have to look forward to.  Schnitzel, spatzle, potato pancake, beer, goulash.  I can't move!

Training on the West Coast

In training at the Kaiserhof in Ocean Beach.  Very authentic. Beer garden is a but small, but they have huge pretzels and Hofbrau. 

I am providing this link as a public service.  You now can calculate your daily consumption rate and multiply by the pricing the link provides.  I am a bit curious, I never knew you could get lemonade?

The link has detail pricing per tent.


https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/Oktoberfest+2018/About+the+Oktoberfest/The+Official+2018+Beer+Prices/5086/

The Official 2018 Beer Prices

And there goes the 11€ mark.

The good news: Several lemonades didn't only stay at last year's price, but got even cheaper.
The bad news: In several beer tents, one liter of beer now costs you more than 11€.

The Mass (1 liter of beer) will cost you something between 10.70€ and 11.50€ this year. That is an average increase of 3.57% compared to last year’s beer prices. The cheapest beer can be found at the Museum Tent at the Old Wiesn and at the Ammer tent.

Whereas it is quite common that beer prices go up significantly each year, a novelty is prices of lemoades and Spezi going down in some tents.  
The tent proprietors explain this year's raise in prices because of the higher contingent rent for their tents. Because of increased security measures, the city of Munich had increased those rents last year.

Inaccurate Roster Entry

Barley Man,

I believe your web site entry for the 1997 roster is incorrect. I find no photographic evidence of Little John attending. In his place, you should have Herr Rang's brother in-law, Jim. The bank man.

Dan, please confirm.

Two group photos showing Jim and Not Little John.

Looking forward to tomorrow (4 August)

Why?

Well, exactly 8 weeks from tomorrow (4 August) we will be sitting at our reserved table in the Hacker Tent.