Courtney Iseman is a Brooklyn-based writer with over a decade of experience. She covers drinks, along with food, music, travel, culture, and lifestyle for PUNCH, Craft Beer & Brewing, Craft Spirits & ...

Germany is the global magnet for beer lovers, and Munich is the country’s self-proclaimed hub of all things beer and brewing. But change is in the wind. Gone are the days when you could crawl the ...

There’s a case to be made that Germans are the reigning champs of beer. Sure, you have some other countries that make fantastic beer, but really, they’re all just copying the greats that came before.

In 1886, an American consul named George C. Tanner, who was stationed in Chemnitz, Germany, wrote, “Beer is the national beverage, and is used as such, if not to a greater extent than water, then ...