Haaaaaalllllllloooooo!!!
How is everyone doing? This will be the last blog for German Food & Culture. So, naturally I saved the best for last: German Beer. The Germans have perfected the tasty drink and Germany is constantly associated with great beer. The Germans even have a 16 day festival dedicated to drinking beer and socializing. This famous festival is known as Oktoberfest.
Oktoberfest is a 16 day festival held from late September to the first week of October. It is a celebration of beer and the coming of Fall. It is held in Bavaria in the major city of Munich. Historically, it started as a festival to celebrate the marriage of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese. Oktoberfest has very strict rules regarding the Beer. The beer MUST be brewed within the city limits of Munich. The beer must be brewed to certain and very specific expectations.
These are the breweries that can produce Oktoberfest Beer:
-Hacker-Pschorr-Bräu
-Augustiner-Bräu
-Löwenbräu
-Paulaner-Bräu
-Spatenbräu
-Staatliches Hofbräu-München
However, these breweries and delicious beer can only be found in Munich. But you can still get delicious imported beer here in Seattle! Located in Pike Place right next to the original Starbucks, is a wonderful Bavarian market. This market is appropriately called "Bavarian Meat Delicatessen". There are great Hefeweizen's, Weissbeir, Pilsner, Dunkles, and Altbier!
So check it out!!
The world is obsessed with German beer, especially the United States. I mean, being able to drink at 16 in Germany?!! What?!?! That's awesome!! So in many parts of the world, one can find a nice German beer and one sip will make you feel like you're on top of the mountain tops overlooking Munich, or maybe laughing and talking with some strangers you just met at Oktoberfest.
Overall, there is one thing that is constantly true about beer:
Beer makes the world go 'round!
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