Reinheitsgebot

Founded in 1986 by Uli Bennewitz (a former Bavarian Fireman) the brewery prided itself on strictly adhering to the German Purity Law of 1516 known as the Reinheitsgebot - that is until Matt and I arrived and fowled up their system with fresh pumpkins, cinnamon, nutmeg and coriander.

Audioholics Reviews and News from Audioholics Steve DellaSala 2008

The name of the German Beer Purity Law is, "Reinheitsgebot".

WN.com - Articles related to Head to Prague for Czech Beer Festival 2010

The name of the German Beer Purity Law is, "Reinheitsgebot".

WN.com - Articles related to Head to Prague for Czech Beer Festival 2010

The name of the German Beer Purity Law is, "Reinheitsgebot".

WN.com - Articles related to Head to Prague for Czech Beer Festival 2010

The name of the German Beer Purity Law is, "Reinheitsgebot".

WN.com - Articles related to Head to Prague for Czech Beer Festival 2010

Even Bavarians with their beloved Reinheitsgebot purity laws have never thought wine drinkers were somehow “less Bavarian elites”.

Matthew Yglesias » The Wine Track 2010

The German Reinheitsgebot “purity law”, however, restricts brewing ingredients to barley malt, hops, water and yeast.

Beer: A holiday nine-pack Greg Kitsock 2010

Anyway the Reinheitsgebot (which no longer has any legal effect) is really a protectionist measure (first for bakers who wanted to keep the price of wheat down, later for Bavarian brewers who wanted to crush the competition).

Matthew Yglesias » Union Beer 2007

Just because you can't get your hands on a Paulaner rye bier somehow justifies your idea that every brewer in Germany is impotent in face of the Reinheitsgebot and your unquestioning agreement with Risen that "Germans are uninterested in innovation"?

America v Germany 2009

You explicitly stated that Germans don't innovate because of Reinheitsgebot and now you're trying to excuse yourself by saying that you have only a limited access to German beers.

America v Germany 2009