Beer festival at the farm

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On the first day of the beer festival, the atmosphere was already good by lunchtime.(Bild: Peter Tomschi)

A pint costs 4.60 euros at the Am Hof beer festival. Breweries and innkeepers defend the price. Some guests see it differently.

For many Viennese, a cold beer is still their favorite refreshing drink in summer. The crowds on the opening day of the beer festival were correspondingly large. The atmosphere in the courtyard was already buzzing at midday.

"You can tell that people want to get out again," says stand owner Georg Lehner. The only fly in the ointment are the prices. The minimum price for a small beer - there are no large ones - is 4.60 euros. "The prices are okay, production costs have risen sharply and we have to pass that on. If you want cheap beer, go to the supermarket," says Christian Berger from the Gasthaus Zur Goldenen Kugel. 

There areno spritzers at the beer festival
If you want a spritzer between beers or don't drink beer at all, you're out of luck. To the displeasure of some stand owners and guests. "I don't think it's right that there's no spritzer. Young ladies in particular often don't drink beer, says Berger. Instead, there are beer schnapps and beer punch. 

If you come here, you accept the prices. Otherwise you have to go to the supermarket. I'd like to sell spritzers, but I'm not allowed to.

Standler und Wirt Christian Berger

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Of course the price of beer annoys me, but it's reasonable. I don't drink less because of it. I understand that young people complain.

Günther Schinko

Bild: Peter Tomschi

And what do visitors say? "It seems to me that the beer is smaller and more expensive this year. That annoys me. I just drink two pints and leave," says Herbert Lukisch. Again, Günther Schinko and his party of friends don't let the prices stop them from drinking more.