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I was there for a couple of hours yesterday, and enjoyed it for all that. Paulaner is IMHO a reasonably drinkable beer, speshly compared to what's usually available in pubs around. The ability to have a nice sausage inna bun does add to the atmosphere, and the beer tent/hall if you could get a seat, would be great craic!

Edit: There are something like 14 stalls there, about half selling food and half selling Paulaner as well as the big beer tent that has music on. About half are on the floating island in the Dock, with the others spread around above that - be careful, though, if you buy a beer on the outside section you can bring it onto the dock, but the security guys won't let you bring beer back out, probably to try and reduce glass "liberation."

Oh, yes, there's a deposit on the glasses. Even the nice plastic ones.

I'd probably have been disappointed if I left from Cork to see it for the day, but then I didn't, and an hour on the bus up and back wasn't too much. I enjoyed it!

Paulaner Oktoberfest brew is 6%, and quite filling, in a "gassy" way. Nice though.

Oh, and the people seemed to be somewhat German - there was an air of authenticity!

I was there last night aswell and had a great night. We were sitting outside all night, it was quite mild and the girls were taking orders from the tables so I didn't take on the madness of the beer tent. There were many Germans around, easily identified by their raucous singing of their native pop songs.

Bratwurst sauasage and fried potatoes (two helpings!) made for a great evening.

I stuck my head in for an hour or two yesterday. Loads of Germans around then too.

The €2.50 deposit on the glass was only applicable at the stalls outside the main enclosure when I was there -- down in the main section they were free.

I was sitting next to a guy who was patiently explaining to his companions that Paulaner is cloudy because it's made differently from ordinary beers: from grains instead of hops.

The table with the deep gouges in it, that's where I was sitting.

"TheBeerNut":15dwpxrj wrote: I was sitting next to a guy who was patiently explaining to his companions that Paulaner is cloudy because it's made differently from ordinary beers: from grains instead of hops.
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Ah, so that's how they do it <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

Was he German? I have to know these things <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

&amp;quot;Adeptus&amp;quot;:37xt3cv5 wrote: Was he German? I have to know these things <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->[/quote:37xt3cv5]I don't think so. He was with a group who were all foreign but speaking English. Spanish or Italian would be my guess.