The first thing you see upon entering the Bräurosl Beer Tent is a painting of a young woman on a horse.  This is the daughter of the original brewery owner, Rosl; legend says she enjoyed riding her horse to the Oktoberfest grounds.  The beer tent, serving Hacker-Pschorr beer, is named after her.  If you spend an afternoon or evening at the Bräurosl tent, you’ll likely hear the traditional brass band and yodeler (Ludwig Thoma-Musicians and Sudtiroler Spitzbuam).

Bräurosl is a mid-sized beer tent with room for 6,000 patrons inside and an additional 2,200 outside.  The managers Georg and Renate Heide traditionally welcome a large gay population to their tent on the first Sunday of the festival.  There’s some debate about whether this is an officially organized gay event, but all festival-goers and beer drinkers will have fun at this Oktoberfest tent—whether gay or straight.  The Heide family has managed Bräurosl for seven generations.