Create your own Oktoberfest with Rustan's Supermarket

MANILA, Philippines - If there are two things most associated with German culture, it would have to be sausages and beer. Germany is home to the famous Oktoberfest, an annual gathering dubbed as the largest beer festival in the world. What else would make the experience tastier than its signature sausages?

Until Oct. 31, Rustan’s Supermarket is holding “Prost,” which means “toast,” offering a selection of German sausages and beer for you to create your own Oktoberfest.

Originating from Munich where the first-ever celebration was held in honor of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig (who later became King Ludwig I) and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen, Oktoberfest is now celebrated all over the world. Millions of liters of beer are downed along with countless sausages and rolls everywhere during the 16-day celebration.

This month, Rustan’s Supermarket is offering Oktoberfest must-haves such as Hungarian, cheese Hungarian, cervelat, weinerli, cocktail franks, frankfurters, veal bratwurst, cocktail Hungarian, St. Galler schublig and nuremberger.

To complete the feast is the other essential component of an Oktoberfest celebration: beer. Rustan’s Supermarket offers a wide range including Asian, Belgian, US, Canadian and Australian variants, on top of its German selection.

Recreate a true-blue Oktoberfest celebration at home with these beers available at Rustan’s Supermarkets

Recreate a true-blue Oktoberfest celebration at home with German favorites like Paulaner Hefeweibier Original Munich Hell, Oetinger Wheat Beer, Erdinger White and Dark Beer, Becks and Heineken Beer. Also, extend your offering with top Asian picks such as Tiger Gold Beer, San Miguel, Corona and Tsingtao Beer; Belgian choices include Guinness, Stella Artois Prem Lager Beer, Johnsmith Extra Smooth, Strongbow Beer; and US, Canadian and Australian options are Coors Light Beer, Molson Lager, Gordon Biersch Pilsen and Samuel Adams Boston Lager.

Shoppers enjoy a five percent discount on all local beers and 10 percent discount on all imported beers until Oct. 31. Customers are invited to savor authentic German favorites via a street food fair to be held at Rustan’s Makati on Oct. 29. The fair offers freshly cooked sausages served with a choice of potato salad or sauerkraut, while sampling an assortment of local and German beer from 4 to 9 p.m. Also available is a variety of German breads including the famous brez’n or pretzel.

There will also be a grand raffle, where two lucky winners will be picked to experience the food trip of a lifetime via roundtrip tickets (plus pocket money) to Frankfurt, Germany. Other prizes include special gift baskets with imported German goodies.

For more details on Rustan’s Supermarket’s Oktoberfest, log on to www.rustansfresh.com or our Facebook page facebook.com/rustansfresh.