10 brew-tiful ways to rock Oktoberfest

Meat your match
To insulate your stomach, stock up on sausages from family-run Schaller & Weber in Yorkville. Try the lightly spiced, pork-and-veal weisswurst, traditionally served in the morning alongside a cloudy, aromatic hefeweizen — a Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, perhaps. 1654 Second Ave.; 212-879-3047

Best of the wurst
After polishing your sausage-eating skills — and to draw Oktoberfest out — head to Midtown East’s Bierhaus NYC on Oct. 26 for the second annual National Oktoberfest Bratwurst Eating Championship. Don’t worry: Everyone’s a wiener. 712 Third Ave.; 212-867-2337

Pony up!
The original allure of Oktoberfest was not beer but horse racing. To revive the bygone tradition, head to Belmont Park (nyra.com/ Belmont) and bring a cooler packed with cans of Samuel Adams Octoberfest. (No glass bottles permitted.) 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, LI; 718-641-4700

Let’s talk about six
During Munich’s Oktoberfest, only beer brewed within the city limits may be served. To toe the s꧙udsy line, seek out beer from these breweries: Staatliches Hofbräu- München, Augustinerbräu, Spatenbräu,ཧ Hacker- Pschorr Bräu, Paulaner-Bräu and Löwenbräu.

Hold it up
The ꦿmassive 1-liter beer stein commonly seen during Oktoberfest is known as a maßkrug (pronounced mahs-KROOG), or Mass for short. In Bavaria, there’s a centuries-old stein-holding competition known as Maßkrugstemm🍬en. America’s national championships are in Central Park today.

Brew crew
Early in October, German brewing behemoth Paulaner (which was founded by monks) will open its first US brauhaus. Pop in for a mug full of Paulaner’s pitch-perfect Oktoberfest- Märzen. 265–267 Bowery; 212-780-0300

March on in
 Satur𝄹day marks the 56th🔯 edition of the colorful German-American Steuben Parade (germanparadenyc. org), up Fifth Avenue from 68th to 86th Street. Expect marching bands, dance troupes, floats and revelers dressed in Tracht — traditional German attire.

Toast to love
Munich’s Oktoberfest was born in 1810, to commemorate the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. To drink, revelers sipped from steins filled with a malty, full-bod꧙ied, lightly sweet lager called märzen — German for March, the month in which many märzens were brewed. Locally, I like Brooklyn Brewery’s Oktoberfest.

Bar back-ups
To beat the crowds, head to Staten Island’s Killmeyer’s Old Bavaria Inn (4254 Arthur Kill Road; 718-984-1202), a 19th-century beer hall with a spacious garden an✃d a mahogany bar. In Glendale, Queens, the Bavarian- style Zum Stammtisch (69-46 Myrtle Ave.; 718-386- 3014) pairs schnitzel with liter mugs of imported German suds, while Yorkville’s Heidelberg Restaurant (1648 Second Ave.; 212-628-2332) lets you glug a beer-filled glass boot in its garden.

Be chicken
Or is that a duck? According to legend, “The Chicken Dance” oom-pah song was born in Switꦉzerland, where it was known as “Der Ententanz,” or “The D🍃uck Dance.”

Joshua M. Bernstein, who lives in Prospect Heights, is the author of “The Complete Beer Course,” out this month.