A Summary of the 2008 Oktoberfest

Number of visitors: 6.0 million

The 2008 Oktoberfest witnessed some serious eating and drinking:

Beer: 6.5 million litres (1.72 million gallons)
Roasted steers: 104


Oktoberfest records:
Number of visitors: 7.1 million in 1985
Litres of beer: 6.9 million in 2006 (1.82 million gallons)