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Munich’s OTHER Beer Festival

Written by Sarah LeTrent for cnn.com

Paulaner am Nockherherg is Munich's most famous watering hole for "strong beer festival" Starkbierzeit.
(CNN) — The scene is a familiar one: women and men decked out in traditional dirndls and lederhosen while they swig steins of beer to the toe-tapping tune of oompah bands.

Must be Oktoberfest, right? Über wrong.

Starkbierzeit, loosely translated as Bavaria’s “strong beer festival” and literally translated as “strong beer time,” is the lesser known but notably stronger of the sud-soaked events for Müncheners. This year, Starkbierzeit began March 9 and runs until March 25.

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