Back in the 1500s, this Bavarian law limited beer to only three ingredients: water, hops, and barley. Simple ingredients can ...

From large venues to private homes, German region’s brewmasters allow visitors a chance to drink up local customs and culture The young man at the beer garden in Munich has his hands full. In one, he ...

MUNICH (AP) — Bavarians were able to enjoy a tall beer in the spring sun Monday in several areas, as some outdoor beer gardens reopened in the southern German state. Bavaria had an overall seven-day ...

(CN) - Bavarian beer brewers can use their trademark to stop an Italian brewery from using "Bavaria" in the name of their beers, Europe's Court of Justice ruled. Bayerischer Brauerbund is the name of ...

A stunt by Bavaria beer-- in which 36 models wearing orange minidresses sneaked into the Holland v. Denmark World Cup game (video below) -- has led to criminal charges against two Dutch women, and ...

The young man at the beer garden in Munich has his hands full. In one, he holds a liter-size stoneware mug, foam spilling untidily over its rim; with the other, he’s carefully transferring a small, ...

Dirndl-clad waitresses weave through the crowds with huge mugs, more beer is finding its way to the floor than to drinkers' lips, and even the tables seem to be moving as people sway to folk tunes ...

Think of a German beer region, and you probably think of Bavaria. The southeast quadrant of Germany holds half of the country's 1,200 breweries. But half of Bavaria's breweries sit in Oberfranken, or ...

Oktoberfest is upon us and we're getting the usual potted histories of it. Not every Oktoberfest reveler will know they're toasting the 19th-century marriage of a Bavarian crown prince as they guzzle ...