Best Oktoberfest celebrations
Fritz Hahn | Updated 10/31/2011
While Germany's Oktoberfest lasts just 17 days, America's tends to stretch from mid-September through the end of October, and it's either treated as an excuse to drink beer outdoors or as a more traditional harvest festival that combines food and drink with things to do with the kids.
The Washington area is filled with both types of events over the next few weeks. And the area's German bars and restaurants aren't left out, offering a steady diet of hearty food, live polka music and, of course, the malty Oktoberfest-style lagers known as maerzen.
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