Beer in Germany

[Foreigner]

Is Oktoberfest celebrated throughout Germany?

Which German beers closely resemble Australian beers like the bitter type?

 

[German_flyer]

The Oktoberfest is very much just a bavarian tradition and is celebrated also in many other towns and even villages but with a shorter duration.
You can find it also in other parts of germany, but much less.
In bavaria, most famous is export and wheat from the hundreds of local breweries.
Bitter is usally available but less famous in bavaria.

I had never a australian beer, therefore i have no comparence.

 

[kelvedon]

Despite its name Oktoberfest runs mainly in September. In Munich this year it finishes next Sunday 5th October.

 

[Foreigner]

What i can't get over is the relatively warmer beer served off the tap, with load of froth

Will try different varities this week in Dusseldorf. A pils / weissbier perhaps

 

[Peter78]

I grew up and lived in Germany until I migrated to Australia at age 27, and I still regularly travel there. In my humble opinion froth is a must on beer and what the Dutch, for example are doing, i.e. scraping it off with their little plastic devices, is sacrilege.

As German_flyer has stated Oktoberfest is indeed mostly a Bavarian/ Southern Germany event. The rest of the country finds other excuses to put up a celebration and drink.

Foreigner, when in Düsseldorf their traditional beer is called Alt, which is a darker beer. Growing up in Cologne, the joke goes that Alt is produced after giving Kölsch (the local beer) to a donkey and what the donkey passes out is Alt - and yes, there is a big rivalry between the two cities. Pils is Germany-wide, Weissbier again mostly Southern Germany but available everywhere, Alt is Düsseldorf's local variety.

Germanliquor.com.au has German beers available, and I am not affiliated with them in any way. There is an Oktoberfest sale on, up to 30% off, this might make prices more palatable.

 

[Foreigner]

thank you Peter78. Will try the altbier for sure.