For this week's installment of FFF, I felt that since it was the first week of October, there was only one thing I could talk about; Oktoberfest. Our Beermigo Douglas is going to have the supreme privilege to attend this festival, and hopefully he'll be able to add on to what I scribe down here since he'll have the fortune of actually attending.
The festival first started on October 12, 1810 in celebration of the marriage between the Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Say that last name five times fast. There was a horse race on the 17th of that same year that continued the celebration, so there are different opinions as to what the true original date of Oktoberfest is. As wonderful as this festival is, there have been some unfortunate years where it had to be cancelled, whether it be for war or an out break of cholera. There are six breweries that have supplied beer to this festival since 1818. Spaten, Löwenbräu, Augustiner, Hofbräu, Paulaner and Hacker-Pschorr, who are apart of what's known as the "Big Six."
Well Doug I hope you can add on to my quick blurb about possibly the greatest festival ever created (sense some bias?). As long as it's good stuff, I don' want my vision of beer fountains, sausages the size of baseball bats, and German hotties walking around with gold plated clogs. Anyway have an awesome and safe weekend everybody, and go Ducks!
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