A 67-year-old German pensioner could face charges of attempted manslaughter after smashing an Italian tourist in the head with his beer mug at Munich’s famed Hofbräuhaus.

The snow is nearly melted. Seems like the right time for Estabrook Beer Garden to open. And it will — at 4 p.m. Monday to celebrate German Beer Day.

the genius of munich; a pot-bellied boy brandishing a mug of beer. the hofbrau and its herd of sodden drinkers -- the city's architecture -- some of its more noteworthy paintings.

Sweeney was 18 when she visited Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany. ... “We ended up taking our steins, the beer mugs, as a souvenir of our wonderful evening,” she told CNN.

As Hofbrauhaus opens in St. Petersburg, ... 5.1 percent alcohol), a dunkel, the hefeweizen, a hefeweizen dunkel or the Oktoberfest beer. Steins are a liter. That's about 2 pints.