Other regional styles of German beer include kölsch, a pale lager-style beer from Cologne; altbier from Dusseldorf, known for ...

More: Watch our Oktoberfest German beer taste-test. Now that we’re all salivating, let’s start with a list of things you’ll need to whip up your own Bavarian pretzels and homemade beer cheese.

Germany boasts the “prost” with the most! German beer brewers launched a bid to have their 16th century beer purity law officially recognized as a cultural treasure for humanity. The Ge… ...

A German brewers association is seeking UNESCO World Heritage status for a 500-year-old law that dictates how to make beer. The brewers argue that the law ensures purity in German beers. But ...

MOST German beer is good beer, but there’s something about Andechs. One hour south of Munich, cloistered monks have been brewing suds at this Benedictine monastery since the Middle Ages. Foll… ...

From snowcapped peaks to fir-lined forests, Bavaria is quite possibly the most scenic region Germany has to offer.

This weekend marks 500 years since the Duke of Bavaria introduced the "Reinheitsgebot" or purity law - strict rules controlling what can go into beer.

Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue.Far below downtown Cincinnati, you'll find large ...

Salzburg is Bavarian, beer-wise. Compared with Franconia, Salzburg would seem to be a clear-cut case: It’s definitely in Austria. But in terms of beer, it’s as Bavarian as they come.

What makes German beer some of the best in the world is the German Beer Purity Law, also known as the Reinheitsgebot, from 1516. It limits German beer brewers to just four ingredients: water ...