Preparing barrels for Oktoberfest
Cooper Joerg Schnepper prepares new beer barrels made of oak wood for the burning of the signature at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. For this year’s edition of the traditional Oktoberfest beer festival, which will be running from September 20 to October 5, 2014, the company has produced 50 new barrels for the different breweries of the city. The barrel factory is the only factory in Munich and Upper Bavaria that produces beer barrels in the old traditional craftsmanship and also delivers its products to Austria, Switzerland, Australia and the US. – Reuters
- A signature is seen on a new beer barrel produced at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Tools lay on an old beer barrel to be refurbished at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Peter Grassy refurbishes an old beer barrel at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Peter Grassy refurbishes an old beer barrel at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Peter Grassy refurbishes an old beer barrel at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- New beer barrels made of oak wood are produced at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Joerg Schnepper works on the production of new beer barrels made of oak wood at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Joerg Schnepper prepares new beer barrels made of oak wood for the burning of the signature at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Joerg Schnepper prepares new beer barrels made of oak wood for the burning of the signature at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Joerg Schnepper burns signatures in new beer barrels made of oak wood at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. For this year’s edition of the traditional Oktoberfest beer festival, which will be running from September 20 to October 5, 2014, the company has produced 50 new barrels for the different breweries of the city. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Joerg Schnepper burns signatures in new beer barrels made of oak wood at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. For this year’s edition of the traditional Oktoberfest beer festival, which will be running from September 20 to October 5, 2014, the company has produced 50 new barrels for the different breweries of the city. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Peter Schmid produces beer barrels made of oak wood at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Peter Silva produces beer barrels made of oak wood at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. The barrel factory produces about 1,000 beer barrels with capacities of ten to 200 liters per year. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)
- Cooper Peter Schmid produces beer barrels made of oak wood at the barrel factory Schmid in Munich, southern Germany, on September 8, 2014. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)