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- From: DJWalker@cup.portal.com (Doug Jay Walker)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Additives in beer
- Message-ID: <72642@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 14:25:42 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <19921229141406EEY9JJT@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
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- >German purity laws dictate that beer can have only 4 ingredients:
- >water, hops, malt, and yeast.
- >
- >John Talbert
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- The German purity law is called the "Rheinheitsgebot", and it was
- repealed a few years ago. The French and British were apparently
- claiming that it was a trade restriction and hence a violation of
- the EC charter.
-
- However, all the major German brewers are still adhering to the
- Rheinheitsgebot voluntarily.
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