Oktoberfest is known as the Largest Volksfest (People’s Fair) in the World. The original Oktoberfest occurred on October 18, 1810, in Munich, Germany. It was held to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
In 1910, Oktoberfest celebrated its 100th birthday, with 120,000 litres of beer being poured. In 1913, the Bräurosl was founded, which was the largest Oktoberfest beer tent of all time, with room for about 12,000 guests.
Since 1950, there has been a traditional festival opening: A twelve-gun salute and the tapping of the first keg of Oktoberfest beer at noon by the incumbent Mayor of Munich with the cry “O'zapft is!” (“It's tapped!” in the Austro-Bavarian language). The Mayor then gives the first beer to the Minister-President of the State of Bavaria.
Come celebrate Oktoberfest 2010 at Silverado Brewing Company!
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