One Maß of beer to cost between €8.10 and €8.60 - Munich

The publicans are saying that they are simply 'passing on rising costs'.

Pricing the masses out - bring it on!*

I call for a mass boycott!*

Prost my arse!

More from Abendzeitung.

[sub]*Then I might get in of an evening[/sub]

I hope they stick 'em up to €15 to keep the number of visitors down.

10€ is the effective price then.

Like last year

Other good news, fischervroni have persmission to build their balcony from the licensing people - it just has to pass the firesafety inspecition... The balcony will be along the side opposite the kitchen...

It's a good idea to charge something like 15 euro a maß or a huge admission charge. It might cut down on the scum and allow wealthy toffs like me some more drinking space.

Make it an invitation only event, the tourism board decides how many people from which country are allowed to visit and the embassies submit name lists. Chrissake, this is a Volksfest, that includes what you may regard as plebs.
Next year will be even worse, it's the 200th anniversary of the first Fest. I bet that the price was set with that in mind - it must not reach the €9 peak so we'll be modest this year and next, ending up with €8.90 and over €9 by 2011. Then again, if €8.70 is the average, some tent may hit €9 this year.
*remembers when the price was DM 3.90*

Plebs. Yuk. We don't wish to mingle with plebs...

You been here way too long Sarabyrd and are starting to think like the Hermans. Exact number of people invited by country? Christ - what an administration frigging nightmare, and also completely anti the whole Ethos of Europe, of which Germany is the #1 supporter. You'll get Italians pretending to be Portugese and christ knows what else.

It's already effectively restricted. If you can't get your bum on a seat, or can't get in a tent - you don't get a beer. It works fine. Just a bit of a scrum, but never keeps anyone away!

As Katrina says, until it goes over 10 euros, it really doesn't matter anymore. It is a joke though, those guys must make so much money, regardless of the cost of setup, security etc.

Which is better than their usual pretending to be big beer drinkers and fantastic lovers...

Allegedly.

once the 6 inches of foam have settled, it's never even a full litre of beer anyhoo.

You've been in touch with Americans too long, they have interfered with your ironymeter.


Profit pro Maß = €3 according to my information.


Brave the crowds and have it filled up.

Thanks to whom ever changed the name of this thread since it Originally read MASS. And seemed as though some Catholic church was now charging an entrance fee.

You can go get it topped up.
TT thread: Verein gegen betrügerisches Einschenken

Great news about Fischer Vroni!

that sort of pricing is more likely to deter the locals than any tourists who will likely pay any price charged.

I prefer the tourists. Job done.

oo right am on a mission then this year...

I'll show you personally, if I have to!

Does anybody think that if they had the bright idea of adding an extra 2 weeks duration this would reduce the daily numbers?

Why Blackpool illuminations are being extended this year by another week!!!

For the benefit of our TT eye-shadow loving Wiki-whore:

Blackpool Illuminations (Wikipedia)

yes please Katrina.

yes please katrina

You are comparing lights with beer. If they extended it it will still crowded.

it's more than lights Krieg.
and Blackpool has loads of (overpriced and watered-down) beer too.

52 weeks then? Bound to thin out a little bit then I reckon. Maybe also build the tents out of brick to make 'em a bit stronger.

Sorry, then I am all for it.

Well, as I know that I will be at the Wiesn at least twice with Moonboot in 2009, she's for sure, anyone else nearby can certainly come along too.
And still thanks to Showem for teaching me all those years ago about Nachschenken.

I only wish it started next week - I do love the Wiesn.

Krieg careful now though, Blackpool has one of Europe's highest teen pregnancy rates.

The over-crowding is a separate problem, however the solution is easy - add another 10 tents. There is plenty of room in the space taken up by the agricultural fare (once every 4 years), which is otherwise a bus parking space. No one cares about the argricultural fest, and the buses can park somewhere else.

The problem is that the ones that have the tents now want to keep it just they way it is (huge cash making machine, 100% of the time) and the ones in power are the tent owners family.

i don't think € 8.70 is expensive. If i'd project the average beer price here in D-dorf in a pub/club/bar it would be around €10/Maß

In the nineties, a 0,5 Weissbier was 4 then 5 DM here, so a litre 8-10DM. 3.90??? When? In the sixties?

Bit harsh fellah. I don't think Sarabyrd looks a day over 70.

Still top value man!!

Try buying 2 pints of Heineken in Dubbers or London lad and you will need more than 8.70 EUR

Cheap as chips here mate.

But Heineken is shite, marginally better than Bud 'dishwater from the States' but still what I refer to as a 'cooking lager'.

yes its shite like all lagers for sale on the islands!!!

When there nought else what can a drinker do!!!

The Budweiser shite that only mexicans drink in the States would be seen in UK and ireland as a trendy drink lad!!

Either make it a true fest for tourists and charge what the traffic bears or give it back to the locals by having a speech test before you enter. Problem solved. Those who pronounce shibleth or oachkatzlschwoaf the right way get a pass to the beer heaven.

The official Oktoberfest site is still calling the price of €8.70 inofficial as it hasn't yet been confirmed by the Tourist Board.

However, in the subscription e-mail I received they are speaking of "up to €8.70", meaning some tents will charge less. We'll see what the official word is soon.


my bold

Cheers for the clarification SB.
I loved this pic posted with the related www.merkur-online.de article - more like €17.40/liter.


Oh... and the total unpredictability of readers comments...

blimey look at that second Mass from the left!
assuming half the foam is beer it's still well under the litre mark.
I'll make sure to tell everyone to go for top ups, and I'll be having a few sneaky swigs en route to make up for lost beer over the years.

As long as the foam isn't still on your moustache when you get to the counter then you will be OK!

And they'll see clearly from the glass that you took a swig and refuse to top it up. You generally have to wait 10 minutes for the foam to settle and if you take a sip or even use grease on your fingers to kill the head quickly, the foam won't coat the side of the glass clearly and evenly and you're screwed.

I don't know why everyone's bitching so much about the price (except for the fact they don't fill the fucking glasses). It's only gone up 47% in the past 9 years whereas most things double in price every 10 years. It's a hell of a jump this year over last but look at the massive increase in costs of transport, grain and energy. Bread, eggs and milk have more than doubled over the past 10 years, as have tinned goods and fresh meat. Cucumbers and lettuce are five times the price they were in 2000. The beer hasn't increased nearly a much in price; It's not much more than double the price of twenty years ago, so quitcher moanin'.

woof.

Well, that would mean inflation of 7%, things aren't quite so bad, you must be thinking of house prices in...wait a moment.

Especially when there is lip gloss on the rim!

They make beer out of cucumbers and lettuce?? Well I never..

Considering gas.electric etc have all gone up in price then I am not surprised the beer has gone up too..

I recon 10€ or 8GBP (Ish) is a fair price for any quality beer..

If you dont like it, stay at home and drink [s]C[/s]rapp beer!

Or stay at home and drink exactly the same beer for around €1.50 a Maß..

But still my biggest problem of Oktoberfest 2009 is how to get 6 British visitors into a fun tent on the first day. Money not a problem, and that, in a nutshell, is the problem.

Good thing I can never drink beer again

But now have to make sure I find tents with apfelschörle and weinschörle!

I know that Armbrustschützen has Weinschorle, you can even keep the 0.5 liter mug.

I have friends that drink wineschörles at the Paulaner Armbrustschützenzelt, but watch out for the costs! a Mass cost them 2 beer tickets. And that took alot of begging to get the waitress to bring them anything other than beer.

Perhaps it depends on who is doing the asking, but I've never had a problem with this. They are too busy filling glasses to argue about a couple of sips. If you went with your glass nearly empty that would be another story. I figure that's the price they pay for making me go and get my own beer. A nice quick swirl of the beer and foam can also solve this problem if you are really worried.

I spoke to Ochsenbraterei today, they are calculating €8.50 but are waiting for the final decision from the Tourist Office.