The Oktoberfest Biermeister was introduced to the Tulsa Oktoberfest scene at the 1991 festival. The Biermeister has an interesting beginning born out an Oktoberfest Working Committee member's search in a costume catalog. The catalog was being searched to find a new Chicken costume to replace the original costume which was worn and tattered. While the search for a Chicken costume replacement was being made, a costume head which bore a striking resemblance to the relatively new Oktoberfest Biermeister logo was seen. The immediate thought was a companion character for the already popular chicken that could roam the festival grounds with the Chicken greeting children and parents as well. The Oktoberfest Biermeister character was born!! The Biermeister head was obtained and further adorned with a hat and spectacles. A costume of plaid shirt, knickers and knee socks were added to complete the first Biermeister. The first Biermeister costume, however, was not without problems. The first shirts and socks were of cotton material. When washed in hot water and dried, they shrunk!! The Biermeister was and still is a figure of quite some stature. Shrunken shirts and socks would not do. Appropriate material for shirts and new pairs of knee socks were purchased. A member of the German-American Society of Tulsa custom sewed two new shirts and the Biermeister was back in business. Over the years the Biermeister has been portrayed by just two people. The popularity of the Biermeister and Chicken as they roam the festival grounds together have become an Oktoberfest tradition.