UK pub serves up super-sized sausage to celebrate Oktoberfest

A monster Oktoberfest bratwurst measuring 12.12m - 1 centimetre for each kilometre from the UK pub wherever it was created to Munich - was served up astatine The Castle successful Droitwich Spa

A British pub has served up the UK's 'longest ever Bratwurst' with its measurements holding a savoury significance.

The record-breaking sausage comes successful astatine 12.12m and was cooked up by a pub successful Droitwich Spa, Worcs., successful clip for Oktoberfest. The elephantine German delicacy is the biggest ever served up successful the Midlands and is thought to beryllium the longest ever made successful the UK.

Served with crispy onions and curry ketchup successful homage to the Bavarian specialty, the sausage was cooked to magnitude to symbolise the 1,212km from The Castle pub to Theresienwiese, Munich, the location of the planetary brew festival.

The sausage was supplied by 'The Sausage Man' Marc Razzell, who said helium stuck to the accepted look for the beast. Mr Razzell was approached by Greene King-owned chain, Seared Pubs, to make the showstopper, situation helium was keen to get stuck into. The bratwurst took a squad of 10 to create, with weeks of mentation - but was lone cooked successful 30 minutes.

“We’ve been making bratwursts for decades utilizing a look that’s been handed down from procreation to procreation successful Germany,” helium said. “It’s arsenic accepted arsenic you tin get. It’s breathtaking to cognize that determination volition beryllium capable of this authentic bratwurst for everyone to try, alongside different Oktoberfest staples similar schnitzel and Bavarian beer.”

Starting connected Saturday, Oktoberfest is 1 of the world's biggest festivals drafting six cardinal visitors each year. Known for its sloshing brew steins and hearty grub, the extravaganza is presently successful its 189th twelvemonth and sees assorted akin duplicated events astir the satellite successful homage.

Hundreds of punters successful the municipality got stuck successful to the bratwurst to celebrate, with the pub besides hosting stein-holding contests and an Oompah set to motorboat an Oktoberfest-themed menu. According to Guinness World Records, the world's longest ever sausage measured an unthinkable 62.75km - astir 39 miles - and was created successful Ploiesti City, Romania successful 2014.

Rebecca Hall, General Manager astatine The Castle, said: “Droitwich Spa is simply a agelong mode from Munich, truthful we wanted to springiness our customers a sensation of Oktoberfest successful their section pub - and marque past with the longest bratwurst successful the Midlands. Our squad had a batch of amusive grilling this authentic bratwurst and volition beryllium delighted to service customers German bratwurst from the aforesaid look and different Oktoberfest favourites until the extremity of October.”