Original festival beer for Oktoberfest found only in USA even as Munich taps first keg of 2024

Oktoberfest begins with the politician of Munich, Germany, tapping the ceremonial archetypal tube of aureate fest beer. The world's astir celebrated autumn brew bash starts Sept. 21 and ends Oct. 6.

Yet the champion spot to sensation Munich's original, strong, amber-colored beer is not successful Bavaria successful autumn.

It's present successful the United States 12 months a year.

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"There are a batch of accepted brew styles that are much fashionable successful the United States than they are successful their archetypal sources successful Germany oregon elsewhere successful Europe," Brett Peruzzi of Massachusetts, brew columnist for Yankee Brew News, told Fox News Digital.

Oktoberfest brew is possibly the astir notable among them.

The brew whitethorn beryllium flowing astatine Oktoberfest successful Munich, Germany, but the champion spot to sensation Munich's archetypal amber-colored brew is successful the United States. (Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images; Lewis Geyer/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images; Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

The accepted brew benignant served at Oktoberfest successful Munich was called Marzenbier, oregon "March beer."

It was brewed successful March, aged oregon "lagered" successful chill underground caverns done the summer, and tapped successful the autumn.

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Marzen brew rolled retired of the caves acceptable to pat conscionable astir the clip barley and hops for brew — and different summertime crops — were acceptable for harvest. 

It was a celebratory time, arsenic harvest play is successful cultures astir the world. 

Marzenbier became a sensation successful 1810, erstwhile it was hoisted to observe the autumn matrimony of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese successful Munich. 

It's the festival present known arsenic Oktoberfest.

Joe O'Grady of Paulaner USA hoists the golden-colored Oktoberfest beer, left, served astatine the Munich autumn festival and seasonally successful the United States and, right, the accepted acheronian amber Marzen (March) Oktoberfest brew disposable 12 months a year, astir exclusively successful the United States. (Patrick Whittemore/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

The archetypal Marzen brew served astatine Oktoberfest was beardown and full-flavored with a distinctive, rich, amber color. 

But anyone who's stood connected a array successful 1 of the raucous brew tents astatine Oktoberfest successful caller decades, and sang "Country Roads" astatine afloat throat, did truthful swaying with an easy-drinking, golden-colored lager.

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"Marzen was the archetypal brew brewed astatine Oktoberfest and served astatine the wedding," Steve Hauser, CEO of Paulaner USA, based successful White Plains, New York, told Fox News Digital. 

Paulaner is 1 of the six Munich breweries that big Oktoberfest.

The archetypal acheronian amber brew was served astatine Oktoberfest astatine slightest until the 1970s, helium said.

Glasses of Marzen ("March") brew from Duck Rabbit Craft Brewery of North Carolina are shown. The acheronian benignant of brew was accepted successful Germany but is present recovered mostly successful the United States. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

"The full satellite was going to lighter lagers," Hauser said. "The German brewers did not privation to beryllium near behind, truthful they switched to lighter lagers, too."

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Paulaner sells some styles of beer, arsenic bash galore different brewers. 

Paulaner Oktoberfestbier is simply a light-colored, easy-drinking lager released arsenic a seasonal brew each autumn successful the United States. 

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"It's identical to the brew served contiguous astatine Oktoberfest successful Munich," Hauser said.

Paulaner Marzenbier is the accepted full-flavored amber lager primitively served astatine Oktoberfest. 

Oktoberfest attendees successful Munich portion aureate beer. Traditional Oktoberfest brew was full-flavored with a acheronian amber color. Munich breweries began switching to a lighter-colored, easy-drinking brew successful the 1970s.  (Courtesy Paulaner USA)

It's disposable 12 months a twelvemonth and sold astir exclusively successful the United States. 

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American brew consumers, the brew enforcement said, privation to devour the accepted Bavarian brew year-round – adjacent arsenic Bavarian consumers person shed their ain world-famous beer-making legacy.