On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 03:16:29AM +0100, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > Belgian beer is no beer. > > It has a taste of medicine or fruit or anything else strange (I have > tasted only 3 types yet) - a real "german tradition" beer only has to > contain "Hopfen & Malz", nothing else.
Traditional, yes. Although there are some exeptions. > We have a "Reinheits-Gebot" (pureness requirement) in Germany per law for > beer (showing that our politicians indeed know what they talk about on > this matter), and I really can tell you: each mouthfull has double volume > if I can trust the german "Reinheits-Gebot". The "Reinheits-Gebot" is not a law anymore. Several breweries in Germany do not brew by the "Reinheits-Gebot" anymore. The law has been overruled by a European law. So that trust of yours is now more marketing then reality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot Most German breweries continued to comply with the Biergesetz, often claiming compliance with the Reinheitsgebot even when it is patently incorrect (for example, for wheat beers, which were prohibited by the Reinheitsgebot), using this compliance as a valuable marketing tool. and When it was in effect, the law drew criticism from foreign brewers as a form of protectionism that allowed West Germany to prohibit non-compliant imports, even high-quality beers from countries such as Belgium and the United Kingdom with their own long brewing traditions. And last but not least http://www.xs4all.nl/~patto1ro/reinheit.htm Let's do the conversation about this over some lemonade at FOSDEM. Can we get a devroom for this? houghi -- There was an old man of the port Whose prick was remarkably short. When he got into bed, The old woman said, "This isn't a prick; it's a wart!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
