Any seasoned homebrewer or casual sipper will tell you the same thing: All beers are not created equal. Just as different beers have their own identities in terms of color, flavor, and body, the ...

MUNICH - SEPTEMBER 18: Two people toast with one liter mugs of beer at the Hofbraeuhaus tent on the opening day of the 2004 Oktoberfest September 18, 2004 in Munich, Germany. The annual event, which ...

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.

German beer and soft-drinks producer Oettinger is taking on the production and sale of domestic beer brand Karmeliter. Karmeliter – which traces its roots back to a monastery in the Middle Ages – had ...