Traditionally, politicians and celebrities sit in the audience and are publicly mocked by a comedian at the Nockherberg beer hall on the opening day of Starkbierfest, the strong beer season. Everybody ...

MUNICH (WKRC/APTN/CBS Newspath) - Thousands of beer lovers descended on the German city of Munich on Saturday for the opening of their Oktoberfest. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the ...

MUNICH — Bridie O’Halloran drank the first beer of her life at Oktoberfest. The 19-year-old Australian pronounced it “the best I’ve had” after finishing roughly a quarter of her liter (33 fluid ounce) ...

MUNICH, Germany — Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival.

MUNICH (AP) — The beer is flowing and millions of people descending on the Bavarian capital to celebrate the official opening of Oktoberfest. With the traditional cry of “O’zapft is” — “It’s tapped” — ...