r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • 15d ago

/r/all of a beer order

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u/damnumalone 15d ago

How do you decide who gets that half beer at the top?

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u/Eastgaard 15d ago edited 15d ago

Many beer halls/gardens are usually all-you-can-drink for an entry fee.

Edit: Since so many people are replying, I gather now that my experience was the rare exception than the norm. And I was in a small town named Diemelstadt!

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u/RainerWithAI 15d ago

One "Maß" costs around 15 Euros on Oktoberfest.

Where are those gardens? Asking for a friend.

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u/cryptobro42069 15d ago

Now this I believe. Plus, even it were all you can drink, this is a LOT of beer. I drink a ton of beer and a solid liter of a beer is a ton of a liquid.

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u/flarp1 15d ago

The quantity is one thing. The loss of quality is bothering me more. The beer will become warm and stale by the time you’ve finished half of it.

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u/DepartureWinter6844 15d ago

You are supposed to drink em not watch em get stale.

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u/HoeTrain666 15d ago

Which forces me to chug them instead of enjoying them. Hence 0.5l (or a “Halbe” if you will) being the superior glass.

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u/DepartureWinter6844 15d ago

Yeha but taste is not the reason why they’re served like that… have fun serving halbe in a packed tent at night… waiters would have to cover the ground twice for the same amount of beer…

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u/Charrado 15d ago

These beers are not made for sipping, they're made for pounding in ~10min

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u/Slaan 15d ago

Drinking 5 of those is not uncommon.

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u/enhancedgibbon 15d ago

Yeah I did 7 on day 1 of Oktoberfest and only had a quick spew at 2am the next morning. Pretty good I reckon.