For the next 17 days, more than six million normally prim and sober citizens from every country in the world will descend upon the Theresienwiese festival grounds (Wiesn, for short) to guzzle towering mugs of beer and engage in good cheer and outright debauchery.

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Beer can work well in the short run, but it can create more problems than it solves.

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Post pampering, compare notes with other hardcore skiers at the Argenta Pub over a pint of beer or glass of wine before slipping on snowshoes for a short trek through a lantern-lit forest to The Yurt, where you can treat yourself to a five-course meal, prepared right before your eyes by a private chef.

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Armed only with a bottle of beer, he bravely made it halfway through the meal before excusing himself for a short walk.

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" From a short list that included "Trendsluts, " "Ironoclasts" and "Pabstsmears" (named after hipster beer of choice Pabst Blue Ribbon), readers chose "Fauxhemians.

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