I used to work at a German pub and instead of celebrating Oktoberfest every fall, we celebrated it all year round. Patrons would sit at long wooden tables, drinking steins of beer in a quaint pub that reeked of slow cooked sauerkraut and hot pretzels, and to every regular at the bar, they wouldn't have it any other way.
Of course things always got a little crazier at the end of September and the beginning of October when the entire pub was decorated in blue and white checkered signs and the owner would don lederhosen and tap a wooden barrel keg of beer to celebrate Oktoberfest.
Now, since I am no longer a bar maid, I get enjoy a bratwurst with a tall pilsner on the other side of the bar for a change. Perhaps I'll even make my own soft pretzels and perfume my house with slow cooked sauerkraut to celebrate! Suddenly my mouth is already watering thinking about the tang of vinegary cabbage.
Feeling inspired to celebrate?
German Fare You Can Make at Home
