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I can't imagine that much will change even if they stopped enforcing the Reinheitsgebot all together. Most breweries will probably just continue the way they al
by nom 10y ago
I can't imagine that much will change even if they stopped enforcing the Reinheitsgebot all together. Most breweries will probably just continue the way they always did and try out some new products in addition to that. If there is one constant in Germany, it's beer.
- rerx 10y agoI agree that the Reinheitsgebot would most likely be followed for most beers even after its potential annulment, just because there is too much cultural stigma against "unpure" beer. But still, there is more change in German beers than most Germans like to realize. Kölsch for instance, the beverage that defines much of the culture of major parts of the Rhineland region, has only really become popular in the middle of the twentieth century -- despite all the alleged traditions ascribed to it.
- nom 10y agoWow I never would have guessed. Der Schein trügt.
- ginko 10y agoJust take a look at Austria, which doesn't have the Reinheitsgebot in law, but still mostly follows it.
- SippinLean 10y agoThey already repealed Reinheitsgebot to replace it with Biergesetz, which expands the rules.