Beer steins — lidded mugs with handles, used for drinking beer — date back to 14th-century Germany. They were originally created for beer drinkers who didn't want flies and other pests to dive into ...

Most Americans have seen German beer steins in stores, restaurants, museums, antique shops and private collections.

Open the door to Randy and Jean Smith's Metairie home, and you'll instantly be inundated with beer steins thanks to Randy's 450-piece collection. The space feels like a biergarten; steins cover nearly ...

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An American woman has returned a beer stein she stole 55 years ago during a trip to Germany, saying she felt too guilty to keep it. Celeste Sweeney, who hails from Maryland, took the stein from the ...

Make room in your cupboard: Christkindlmarket has added two new types of drinkware to its annual keepsake mug tradition this year. For the first time, Chicago’s version of a German open-air Christmas ...

Oliver Struempfel set a reputed world record for carrying beer. Video shows him pressing the 27 steins together in one great two-tiered mass. Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. If you join a large party ...

It's Oktoberfest, time to gather with friends, raise your steins full of German beer and…hold them out in front of you for as long as you can. At least that's what they’ll be doing this weekend in New ...

There are countless reasons to visit the picturesque German capital of Berlin - the Reichstag Building, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Memorial of the Berlin Wall, The Holocaust Memorial, Potsdam's ...