Badges and Beers at the Bavarian Bierhaus! (2024)

FAQs

What does ziggy zaggy ziggy zaggy oi oi oi mean? ›

“Ziggy Zaggy, Ziggy Zaggy, Oi Oi Oi!” What's all that gibberish about? It's the ending to a song called “Ein Prosit” a traditional German toast to health and well-being.

A typical Bavarian beer is the top-fermented wheat beer. Since it is brewed with wheat malt, the name Weizen, abbreviated for Weizenbier (wheat beer), is equally common in Bavaria and the rest of Germany. In terms of taste, the wheat beer can be described as fruity and extremely refreshing.

Every so often, the band would stop its number and bid us raise our glasses with this refrain: “Zicke, zacke, zicke, zacke, hoi, hoi, hoi!” (meaning something like “A toast, a toast, a cozy place! One, two, three, drink!”)

Tin-miners' wives or pasty sellers supposedly shouted "Oggy Oggy Oggy" – the response from any hungry miner or labourer would be Oi!, Oi!, Oi!. The chant is also the chorus of a folk song and has always been heard at Cornish rugby matches so this seem another possible origin.

We introduce the six breweries of the state capital allowed to fill the beer mugs of the Oktoberfest: Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräu, Löwenbräu, Paulaner und Spaten.

In a beer-loving country like Germany, a purity law was desperately needed. The Reinheitsgebot stated, in brief, that only pure and essential ingredients be used in beer. The only ingredients allowed were barley, hops and water.

Pilsner. By far the most popular type of beer in Germany is pilsner, generally known as 'Pils'. The light-golden beer with the dry hoppy aroma is very popular in the North, West and East.

"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events. It is a variation of the Oggy Oggy Oggy chant used by both soccer and rugby union fans in Great Britain from the 1960s onwards. It is usually performed by a crowd uniting to support a sports team or athlete.

The "zigger zagger" is a derivative of the oggie, oggie, oggie chant. An oggie is Cornish slang for a Cornish pastie and legend has it that this was called out by Cornish woman to make their menfolk aware that they were about to drop the freshly baked pasties down the tin mine.

It's like saying , “Hey!” in English but a lot more harsh way. Oi-おい. Well it's normally to get someone's attention most of the time, according to the dictionary. It's also often used as a British thing.

What do they yell at Oktoberfest? ›

O'zapft is, in particular, is the most iconic of Oktoberfest sayings. This is the cry you will here once the Mayor of Munich has tapped the ceremonial keg, thus kicking off the entire two-week-long event.