In the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum you can expect interesting facts about the number 1 staple food of the people of Munich: Valuable beer mugs and memorabilia from the once powerful beer barons ...

In 1617, Munich’s royal brewery Hofbräuhaus gained brewmaster Elias Pichler from Einbeck. There, Pichler recreated the beer in Bavarian style using house yeast, but this time with all barley ...

So if you pick up an imported Oktoberfest from Munich, it will likely be a lighter beer, whereas an "Oktoberfest Style" beer brewed in the U.S. will probably be the heavier, more traditional style ...