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- From: DJWalker@cup.portal.com (Doug Jay Walker)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Additives in beer
- Message-ID: <72643@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 14:45:07 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <19921229141406EEY9JJT@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
- <1992Dec30.150505.20019@ncsu.edu>
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- >In article <19921229141406EEY9JJT@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> EEY9JJT@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (
- J
- >ohn Talbert) writes:
- >>German purity laws dictate that beer can have only 4 ingredients:
- >>water, hops, malt, and yeast.
- >
- >So it goes for many German breweries. But there are exceptions, and
- >they aren't considered "outlaw" breweries. Wheat beers are an obvious
- >example.
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- Not so... "malt" doesn't have to be BARLEY malt. Properly-brewed
- Weissbier still adheres to the Rheinheitsgebot.
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