Germany's best beer gardens.

According to 19th-century historical accounts, beer gardens were born as Bavarian breweries were originally looking for a way to keep their stock of dark lagers cool during the hot months of summer. Cellars were dug in the banks of the Isar river, then later covered with gravel and chestnut trees for added protection from the sun. It wasn't long before breweries soon began serving customers in the shady coves directly above the cellar – a practice that led to today’s reigning concept of the traditional German beer garden.