Bischoff said he first got into beer as an exchange student in the Bavaria region of Germany. He was especially fond of the hefeweizen style. Later in the early 1990s he tried to recreate those ...

For centuries, German law has stipulated that beer can only be made from four ingredients. But as Germany embraces craft beer, some believe the law impedes good brewing.

With more than 1,300 breweries producing some five-and-a-half thousand different types of beer, Germany is serious about the amber nectar. There's even a word for it – bierernst – which means "deadly ...