I got the idea for this cache when urbancanada brought me back a memento from his visit to the Munich Oktoberfest last year. And since it was the 500th anniversary of the German Beer Purity Law I thought I use the mementos as waypoint markers for my first multi-cache. Almost a year later I finally placed the cache.
The text (translated) of the 1516 Bavarian law is as follows:
We hereby proclaim and decree, by Authority of our Province, that henceforth in the Duchy of Bavaria, in the country as well as in the cities and marketplaces, the following rules apply to the sale of beer:
From Michaelmas to Georgi, the price for one Mass [Bavarian Liter 1,069] or one Kopf [bowl-shaped container for fluids, not quite one Mass], is not to exceed one Pfennig Munich value, and
From Georgi to Michaelmas, the Mass shall not be sold for more than two Pfennig of the same value, the Kopf not more than three Heller [Heller usually one-half Pfennig].
If this not be adhered to, the punishment stated below shall be administered.
Should any person brew, or otherwise have, other beer than March beer, it is not to be sold any higher than one Pfennig per Mass.
Furthermore, we wish to emphasize that in future in all cities, market-towns and in the country, the only ingredients used for the brewing of beer must be Barley, Hops and Water. Whosoever knowingly disregards or transgresses upon this ordinance, shall be punished by the Court authorities' confiscating such barrels of beer, without fail.
Should, however, an innkeeper in the country, city or market-towns buy two or three pails of beer (containing 60 Mass) and sell it again to the common peasantry, he alone shall be permitted to charge one Heller more for the Mass or the Kopf, than mentioned above. Furthermore, should there arise a scarcity and subsequent price increase of the barley (also considering that the times of harvest differ, due to location), WE, the Bavarian Duchy, shall have the right to order curtailments for the good of all concerned.
— Bavarian Reinheitsgebot of 1516 (emphasis added), Eden, Karl J. (1993). "History of German Brewing".
This cache was hidden for the Boucher Forest 2017 CITO. Please refrain from looking for the cache before Sunday, September 24, 2017. If not you might end up with a hangover :-) All finders on the day of the CITO can share the FTF.
In order to find the cache you will need to locate the six Oktoberfest mementos at the given waypoints. Record the first letter of the first printed word on each memento (ignore my writing on the bottom of the mementos) and calculate its digital root (DR: A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26=2+6=8).
Waypoint 1: a = DR
Waypoint 2: b = DR
Waypoint 3: c = DR - 3
Waypoint 4: d = DR - 1
Waypoint 5: e = DR + 1
Waypoint 6: f = DR - 1
You can find the final cache at N 45 25.bae W 075 50.dcf.
Prost!