Does Indonesia have Beer Festivals?
Not observed here
Indonesia is the far end of this page: the event has no institutional place at all. The list of national holidays in Presidential Decision 8 of 2024 contains nothing of the kind, and the procurement, circulation and sale of alcohol are controlled under Presidential Regulation 74 of 2013, implemented through Ministry of Trade Regulation 20/M-DAG/PER/4/2014. The state's posture was clearest on 2 March 2021, when President Joko Widodo said at the Merdeka Palace that, after receiving input from the Indonesian Ulema Council, Nahdlatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah and other religious bodies, and from provinces and regions, he was revoking the annex of Presidential Regulation 10 of 2021 that had opened new investment in the alcoholic drinks industry. Only Bali moves the other way: Governor Regulation 1 of 2020, in force from 29 January 2020, brings Bali's own fermented and distilled drinks — arak, brem and tuak — into a governed framework, giving producers legal standing, production standards and branding support; the provincial government later stated that Presidential Regulation 10 of 2021 had opened room for industrial licensing and expansion of those traditional drinks. In Indonesia the same subject is tightened nationally and loosened in one province.
What is this topic?
The same German festival, exported, and the decisive difference is where the state stands. Brazil's Oktoberfest in Blumenau is run by the city itself — the venue is listed among the municipal organs. China's Qingdao International Beer Festival is run by the municipal government and falls in July and August, not October, tracing back to a brewery German and British merchants built in Qingdao in 1903. In the United States the Cincinnati festival is privately run and the state's only role is a temporary liquor permit that by law may not be issued for private gain. In Indonesia, alcohol control means the event does not exist at all.
Sources and dates
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