The beer mug at this year’s Oktoberfest in Munich was more expensive than ever. For a liter you had to burn up to 13.80 euros. As if that wasn’t enough, this year’s Oktoberfest visitors were particularly often under-prepared for beer in their steins. This was the result of sampling by the competent authority, the Munich District Council (KVR). In more than 31 percent of the beer mugs – so in almost a third – a so-called Unterschank was found, the KVR announced.
Unterschank is therefore present when the jug is filled to less than 15 millimeters below the calibration mark, which indicates the amount of one liter. This was only the case for 18 percent of rehearsals at the previous Oktoberfest in 2019 and 14 percent in 2018.
For this year’s checks, the KVR evaluated 825 beers. Even the samples within the tolerance range were not always completely filled to the calibration mark: the testers only received the full liter in more than 14 percent of the samples.
Landlord: Often inexperienced staff
When asked, the KVR did not answer whether the number of drinkers in certain tents had increased. The spokesman for the landlords of Wiesn had already been invited to a meeting during the ongoing operations. The Landlord of the Armbrustschützenzelt, Peter Inselkammer, explained to the local newspaper “tz” that the beer was often served by inexperienced staff. The reason for this may be that there was a two-year Corona break before the Wiesn. The KVR stated that the government would “approach the landlords early before the next Oktoberfest so that the result will improve again in 2023”.
Source: Krone
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