Zwei Maß for the road
Günther Beckstein came under fire from many groups after he suggested Oktoberfest partiers can drive home after drinking two Maß of beer. One Maß of beer is one liter, so for those of you counting along at home, he’s suggesting 2 liters of beer is ok for your drive home.
Local police suggested he might have had two before making the statement. To be fair, he said two Maß over the course of six or seven hours.
“If one drinks two Maß in six or seven hours at Oktoberfest, it’s possible,” Beckstein told German broadcaster Bayerischen Rundfunk (bring on the funk!), referring to the gigantic one-litre mugs used at the beer festival. “But naturally not if one drinks two Maß in two hours.”
A Maß is the largest glass to the right, and it holds one liter of beer.
Two liters is about 67 ounces, 4 pints, or 5 1/2 beers in the can. Two Maß in 1 hour will give you a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.1327, but in 6 hours your BAC is 0.0577. While this is below the limit in the United States, you could be arrested as impaired in Germany. Since 1998, a BAC of 0.05 is driving impaired in Germany, and 0.11 is a criminal offense.
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DJ Spiess
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I live in Denver, Colorado. This blog is everything about beer, wine, cider, mead and other spirits.
I am a avid homebrewer and winemaker. I’ve been making my own beer and wine for many years. I started making beer when I was in college (mostly because the drinking age in the United States is 21). My first few beers were horrible. The beers are much better now, and I often supply my neighborhood with free beer! It is a great hobby!