Celebrate Oktoberfest!

Since it is, after all, Oktober, we had to offer an Oktoberfest as Beer of the Week at Half Time. And this one is one of the truest examples.

Oktoberfest, as you are probably aware, is a massive celebration that started in Munich, Germany in 1810. Here's the fun history:

In 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria got married to Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony-Hildburghausen. She must have been smoking hot, because Napoleon was trying to marry her too.

So they had a gigantic party, as people are wont to do to celebrate nuptials, and the party hasn't stopped. For 200 years. Well, except when Germany was at war and people were dying of cholera epidemics, but who's counting, right?

German beer has a crazy long history of rules and structure, which I won't get into here (if you want to read about it, here's a good start) True Oktoberfest beers are brewed by the six original Munich breweries:

• Augustiner-Bräu
• Hacker-Pschorr-Bräu
• Löwenbräu
• Paulaner
• Spatenbräu
• Staatliches Hofbräu-München

So this week, we decided to bring you one: Hofbräu. Get your big ol' stein out, get that WRRV growler, and get yourself to Half Time so you can celebrate Oktoberfest with a real, official Oktoberfest beer. Lederhosen is optional.