{"id":53068,"date":"2026-09-25T12:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/?p=53068"},"modified":"2026-11-05T00:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T04:08:33","slug":"wiesn-koks-white-powder-oktoberfest-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/wiesn-koks-white-powder-oktoberfest-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Wiesn Koks? The White Powder Snorted Openly at Oktoberfest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The scene baffles many foreign visitors. Dozens of people sniff a fine powder from early in the day and pass it among friends in plain sight, surrounded by traditional costumes and servers able to carry twenty one-liter steins at once.<\/p>\n

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The white powder that circulates from table to table during the Munich Oktoberfest is not cocaine. It is known as Wiesn Koks, a mix of lactose, dextrose and menthol with no tobacco or narcotics, and a direct descendant of Bavarian snuff.<\/p>

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Oktoberfest begins on the first Saturday after September 15, when the mayor of Munich taps the first keg. The 2026 edition, from September 19 to October 4, set a record with about 7.4 million visitors and 6.7 million liters of Festbier, according to the City of Munich’s provisional figures.<\/p>\n

That year a one-liter stein cost between 14.80 and 15.90 euros depending on the tent (muenchen.de, 2026).<\/p>\n

The festival began in 1810 as a celebration of the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig, the future King Ludwig I of Bavaria, to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, an aristocratic origin that has since been reduced to eating and drinking, as our look at the history and origins of Oktoberfest<\/a> explains.<\/p>\n