Oktoberfest. The mere word evokes thoughts of full steins, sausages, pretzels, colorful tents, and busty dirndl-wearing women delivering tasty suds by the metric ton. For the most part, cool, I’m with you. However, the perennial favorite story of the first Oktoberfest and beer is very much romanticized, misrepresented, and in need of a level of clarification that I wish was wasn’t the case considering the modern evolution of beer culture. Let me explain by telling you the tale of the original Oktoberfest. In 1810, on October 12, the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig was to be married, and he invited the …