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Shortly before the end of the Oktoberfest there is a dispute over the Oktoberfest beer.The focus is on the Hacker-Pschorr brewery and a young competitor. In the video above: Some smell "tap fraud" at the Oktoberfest: This is how the beer detectives check the beer at the Oktoberfest has to meet some regulations.For example, the beer has to be brewed by six breweries from Munich.After all, the Oktoberfest is also a festival of Munich beer.The beer conditions also include that only Munich water can be used.This must come from a Munich deep well and must never be a neat tap water. ADVERTISEMENT Oktoberfest 2025: A dispute has now ignited between breweries.At the beginning of September, the master brewer from Hacker-Pschorr also spoke about the water at the presentation of this year's Oktoberfest beer that came “from the Mangfall Valley”, as some regional media report. To do this, you have to know that Munich moves its drinking water for the most part from the Mangfall Valley.The head of the Giesinger brewery, Steffen Marx, now smells a scandal."When official Oktoberfest beers are brewed with Munich tap water or water that does not come from a deep well, this clearly violates the regulations," said Marx according to Munich "tz". ADVERTISEMENT Brewery defends his Oktoberfest beer the newspaper quotes a spokesman for the Hacker-Pschorr, who has a clear conscience.The "brewing of the Oktoberfest beer" takes place every year "under the strictest guidelines".And further: "Of course, our Hacker-Pschorr-Oktoberfestbier is brewed in accordance with the EU-wide geographical statement of 'Oktoberfest beer'. This regulation stipulates, among other things, the exclusive use of Munich deep ground water from the tertiary layer."This is also "checked and certified and certified every year by an independent institute," said the spokesman.