What you should know about the Oktoberfest – Terra Chile

How to avoid potential headaches after partying at the Oktoberfest? And other useful tips to enjoy the beer festival in the bavarian capital, Munich.

Recently, the U.s. Consulate in Munich has published helpful tips for the Oktoberfest. In addition to the safety guidelines and tips in the tents.

A vase of beer – ten glasses small vodka

On average, a pitcher of beer a liter at Oktoberfest, known as the “Maß”, it contains 6% alcohol, 1% more than the normal beer. That is to say, the beer at the Oktoberfest has 60 milliliters of alcohol. It is comparable to the consumption of four beers americans, warns the Consulate of the united States. 60 milliliters of alcohol are in the end ten shots of vodka.

Victims of beer

Even the experts drinkers of Oktoberfest underestimate the power of a “Maß”. In this edition of the Oktoberfest, the first “victim” for alcohol poisoning had to be attended to by the health-care three hours after being open the first barrel of beer. Later than in other years.

Warning of the consulate

Who could not endure more, you can go to the so-called “mountain of vomiting” behind the tents, in reality an idyllic park, in which are piled up year after year, the “victims” of the beer. “Don’t sleep in the park outside of the Oktoberfest,” warns the american consulate, “because thieves and criminals are always watching the unprotected victims of the beer.”