Josefifest on Reutberg: Lots of visitors, lots of beer, little argument. About the same amount of beer was drunk, says August Maerz, chairman of the board of the cooperative brewery.

Sachsenkam mayor and patron Andreas Rammler estimates the number of festival visitors at around 15,000. “The beer tent was always really full. There was a particular rush at the general meeting, but it’s like that every year,” he says.