MUNICH — It looked like all the other beers in the sea of giant one-liter glasses at the Augustiner Brewery tent at Oktoberfest, but Peter Asen’s mug harbored a secret: His drink was nonalcoholic.
Asen, 36, isn’t a teetotaler — he’d already drained two liters of old-fashioned beer. But as the Munich local drank with friends, a bouquet of faux flowers tucked festively into his shirt collar, he alternated with the alcohol-free version.
