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Starkbierzeit Festival XPETS Mission

Sun, 10 Mar 2019
from 7:00pm to 8:00pm

by MAC BT
Posted: about 5 years ago
Updated: about 5 years ago by MAC BT
Visible to: public

Time zone: Europe/Stockholm
Reminder: Starting time
Ends: 08:00pm (duration is about 1 hour)

Most beer loving travellers have Munich high on their to do list for an autumn visit with Oktoberfest being hugely popular, BUT the spring festival of Starkbierzeit still has huge crowds and has beer twice as sting as the Oktoberfest.

You can dance on tables, sing rowdy songs, admire the scenery and celebrate Bavarian culture AND of course you can drink a lot of lovely local beer!

For around three weeks in early spring, breweries all across Munich set up their beer halls. This beer festival is actually older than Ocktoberfest starting in the mid 1600s by Munich’s Paulaner Monks. The crafty monks concocted a beer beverage to sustain them through the Lent fast, and called their pick-me-Up “blessed father’s beer” or “the holy oil of St Francis” . Finally settling on “Salvator” – Latin for saviour! In Munich, they still brew Salvator. Some locals still call Starkbier “liquid bread”!

Unlike the Oktoberfest this is nit an all day affair but rather an evening one so there is plenty of time for sightseeing during the day too! True starkbier (strong beer) must be made within the Munich metropolitan area – the most popular brands come from four of the city’s main breweries – Paulaner, Lowerbrau, Augustiner and Unions. Also brash oompah bands fill the tents with the sounds of drinking songs, while waiting staff put on traditional costume and carry up to 10 steins each.

Starkbier is exceptionally good! The taste doesn’t hint at its potency. Strong doesn’t really mean the alcohol content – its a reference to its sweeter, full-bodied flavour, created by adding extra malt. It has a nutty taste, with flavours of toffee, caramel and cloves and an ample helping of sugar. A creamy butterscotch head settles on glowing amber beer. It’s the colour, sling along with the maltiness that gives Starkbier the characteristics of what the Bavarians call “double bock” beer!

BUT XPETS there is some sinister Beer Thief who wants to drain all the barrels and steal all the beer to destroy the festival and everyone’s fun!

We can’t allow this! We are XPETS! Are you with me! I CAN’T HEAR YOU! ARE YOU WITH ME! yeah let’s go ……….

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