The World of Economics Explained: What is German beer purity law?
2 min • Culture, Business & Technology • 2018
The “Reinheitsgebot”, a set of regulations governing the ingredients allowed in beer, was adopted in Bavaria in 1516. The purity law limits the constituents of a brew to barley, hops and water. But nowadays, craft brewers are moving away from the purism of the past.
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