Okay people. Oktoberfest is officially in full swing. The brew has been tapped and the pretzels baked and the hotels...well, filled. The luxury hotel collection Rocco Forte Hotels dropped some advice into our inbox regarding tips for ladies visiting Oktoberfest, and as seasoned female revelers at Munich's massive party, we've got some priceless tidbits of our own to add:

· Drink: The only authentic drink at the Oktoberfest, even for women, is beer. But caution is advised—the typical Munich festival beer, specially brewed for Oktoberfest has a higher alcohol percentage than average. When drinking with others it is polite to clink your glasses, while looking the person in the eyes, and say “Prost”.

Jaunted Says: Whoa—not true about beer being the only authentic drink! In fact, we'd argue there are two other beverages it's "authentic" to drink at Oktoberfest, both of which work out well for those who don't particularly enjoy chugging beer: champagne and schnapps. Look beyond the ginormous beer tents to the Weinzelt tent, a smaller tent that specializes in Nymphenburger Sekt—sekt being German champagne. Even smaller and dotted around the Theresienwiese are schnapps booths, where a few Euro goes a long way (towards getting drunkers). ]]> JetSetCD 2011-09-19T09:46:30-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/9/23/125/16659

Ein Prosit...Ein Prosit...Der Gemütlichkeit! If you've ever been to the famous annual beer-and-pretzel smorgasbord that is Munich's Oktoberfest, then you should be able to sing that with a nice sloppy slur. It's one of the official toast songs of the two-week-long festival, and more revelers than ever are in town for this, its 200th Anniversary.

One of the more unexpected guests is Kim Kardashian, who dropped by the beer tents with her mom, Kris. The duo are trotting all over Europe on a press tour for their reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and they've managed to do typically tourist things at each major stop. They went sightseeing in London, to the Louvre in Paris, shopping in Milan and now they've got to do the Oktoberfest thing in Munich, of course. ]]> JetSetCD 2010-09-23T08:34:53-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/3/11/11111/5133
Munich Airport's Airbräu biergarten

As if the service on Lufthansa wasn't enough, there's now a huge new reason to fly the German airline in business class through their Munich airport hub—they're getting a full-fledged biergarten!

Just announced today at the tourism conference in Berlin, the news of the Business Class biergarten comes straight from the top Lufthansa brass, as a huge welcome to the spring season. It'll open on March 23, and will be located in the Schengen departures area at Gate Area G in Terminal 2 as part of the 11,000 square foot Lufthansa business class lounge there.

So what's on tap? Find out, after the jump! ]]> JetSetCD 2010-03-11T11:13:17-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/18/133231/363

· Munich:
Everybody say it with us now: "Ein Prosit!" That means "a toast" in German, and you'll be saying it about every five minutes at Munich's famous Oktoberfest, which begins tomorrow and runs sixteen days until October 4. There will be beer tents, heart-shaped cookies, lederhosen, and preztels all up and down the Theresienwiese fairgrounds, and you can trust us to give you all the tips you need to have a great Oktoberfest 2009. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-09-18T17:08:55-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/7/29/104222/832

To avid beer drinkers and expats, this super summer beverage might be pretty familiar; it's the Radler, a mix of light beer and lemonade which also goes by the names of panache in France and clara in Spain. Since lemonade never fails to refresh, the Radler is a way of both adapting beer for summer bingeing and offering a refreshing beverage.

Since Oktoberfest in Munich actually takes place in September and the city is usually still experiencing summer temperatures, tucking into a Radler is a way to continue drinking into dusk without suffering heatstroke and passing out from a combo of booze and sunlight. In town and away from the Oktoberfest tents however sits Donisl Restaurant, a bastion of Bavarian cuisine for over 200 years, which happily serves up fizzy steins of Radler to those looking for a meal with their beer. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-07-29T12:14:26-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/