Billy Dean
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Lived there 15 years and I'm still not convinced by it TBH.
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Country Discussion: Germany
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Went to Germany every year for a week for 10 years or more in the 1980s and 1990s.
Always made to feel most welcome by those I met.
Always made to feel most welcome by those I met.
Wonderful place. bit of a blip through the early-mid 1900's. Gave us Jurgen Klopp.
But other than that, a nice place.
But other than that, a nice place.
Ja! from me.
I enjoy different kinds of beers but if I was told that I could only ever drink Weissbeir moving forward I wouldn't be too upset.
I enjoy different kinds of beers but if I was told that I could only ever drink Weissbeir moving forward I wouldn't be too upset.
Gave the world the VW Golf Gti and the beer purity laws.
It`s a massive yes from me.
It`s a massive yes from me.
dholliday
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how is it like South Africa? i've been to ZA and didn't sense any similarities.
Jacko93
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Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier. ?
….I’ve always enjoyed my visits there, including playing in Cologne in the early 70s.
Alanbileysfeathercut
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Years ago I slept with a German hooker.
Tried to sneak out after the deed,when she shouted "what about my marks?"..
I said 10/10 and legged it.
Tried to sneak out after the deed,when she shouted "what about my marks?"..
I said 10/10 and legged it.
Just moved there. Only thing learned do far is that the beer is ace and they only want b to take cash
dholliday
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sadly another bad myth. A cynical marketing stunt which i'm amazed hasn't been outlawed by the normally regulation-crazed Germany.
Check the back of beer labels for ingredients: 90% of the famous brands have "Hopfenextrakt" (modern chemical-extraction of hops) instead of real hops as their main flavour ingredient.
Not very pure then...they didn't have this kind of tech back in the 1500's lol
Since i realised this about a decade ago i've made a point of only buying beers with actual hops.
German beers which do actually use real hops:
Störtebeker (the best, massive choice too...the heavy 5% Schwarzbier and crisp Atlantik Ale are highlights).
Altenburger...full foamy head but still good fizz.
Becks...surprisingly for such a mainstream brand, but not a great beer to be honest.
Lübzer...decent but loses head quickly.
Alster....posh alkie beer.
Berliner Bärenbräu....was a bit rare but now available in supermarkets. Was pretty good but since that move something not-good happened to the taste.
Holsten...refreshing and light, excellent summer tipple.
Some 'extracted hops' beers actually taste better than the genuinely pure beers (Herforder Pils, Bitburger & Flensburger are particularly good) but if you want a beer closest to the original purity laws then make sure the label's ingredients doesn't have the word "Extrakt" anywhere in it.
Further (depressing) reading...you may need Translate activated. In short, all beers have plastics and chemicals added to them to artificially increase their life-span, keep their colour, head and fizz, prevent bits forming etc:
Tipps und Tricks für Verbraucher
Geldwerte Tipps und Informationen aus den Bereichen Haushalt, Finanzen, Vorsorge und Verbraucherrecht.
Deutsches Bier: Reinheitsgebot oder „Scheinheitsgebot“?
Nach dem sogenannten Reinheitsgebot sind in deutschem Bier nur die Zutaten Hopfen, Malz, Wasser und Hefe erlaubt. Den meisten Verbrauchern ist nicht bekannt, dass im Herstellungsprozess aber auch technische Hilfsstoffe verwendet werden oder dass es keine Vorgaben zur Qualität der verwendeten...
www.foodwatch.org
Conclusion: the famous German Beer Purity Law is a bad bad myth.
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