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The earliest documented mention of beer by a German nobleman is the granting of a brewing licence by Emperor Otto II to the church at Liege (now Belgium), awarded in 974. [19] A variety of other beer regulations also existed in Germany during the late Middle Ages, including in Nuremberg in 1293, Erfurt in 1351, and Weißensee in 1434. [20] [21]
Beer (German: Bier pronounced ⓘ) is a major part of German culture. According the Reinheitsgebot (German beer purity law), only water, hops, yeast and malt are permitted as ingredients in its production. [1] Beers not exclusively using barley-malt, such as wheat beer, must be top-fermented. [2] [3]
Beer plays a significant role in the German culture, and for many years, German beer was brewed in strict adherence to the Reinheitsgebot, a regulation that permitted only water, hops, yeast, and malt as beer ingredients. This law also stipulated that beers not exclusively using barley-malts, such as wheat beer, must be top-fermented. [1]
In 2007 the Golan Brewery produced four varieties of non-pasteurized German purity law-compliant beer using water from local springs: a German-style wheat beer, a barley lager, a red lager, and a dark lager. [19] The brewery imported its raw hops and malt from Germany and the yeast from Belgium. [10]
Typical beers of the PGI, from Hofbräu München. Münchener Bier is a beer from Germany that is protected under EU law with PGI status, first published under relevant laws in 1998. This designation was one of six German beers registered with the PGI designation at the time.
The figure doesn’t include non-alcoholic beer and beer imported from outside the European Union. The latest figure was not as steep as the 4.5% drop seen in 2023, when sales resumed their ...
Guinness 0, Budweiser Zero, Coors Edge Non-Alcoholic Brew, and Heineken® 0.0 are all lighter than the traditional beers sold by those companies. NA beers that mimic IPA or stout beers ranked at ...
It has 4.9% of alcohol by volume. Non-alcoholic beer has a wort of >7.3° Plato. Franziskaner Weissbier has 11.8° Plato wort and 5.0% of alcohol by volume. The brewery claims it brews the Franziskaner following the tradition of the German Purity Law of 1516. [8] Doppelbock Optimator has 7.6% of alcohol by volume.