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

Jen Blair, 45, is one of 28 master cicerones, or beer experts, in the world, only five of whom are women. Candidates for the master certification “must demonstrate encyclopedic knowledge and an ...

If you’re an avid beer drinker or a home brewer, you’re probably aware of the Reinheitsgebot. And no, for those unfamiliar, it’s not a popular heavy metal band from the ’90s. It’s actually the German ...

MUNICH — It looked like all the other beers in the sea of giant one-liter glasses at the Augustiner Brewery tent at Oktoberfest, but Peter Asen’s mug harbored a secret: His drink was nonalcoholic.