Budweiser The Festival Tradition Collector Stein Series # V

1987 Budweiser Limited Edition Collector Stein "M" Series No. 14429. - The Festival Tradition.

It stands to reason that beer, a grain-based beverage would have special ties to European festival tradition, since the earlies fairs were held to celevrate the harvest. Over the centuries, festivals moved indoors as they lost their close links to agricultural events, but beer remains an imourtant part of the festival tradition, even into modern times, at world-famous event such as Munich's Oktoberfest.