Re: Nostalgia
Naqerj <[email protected]>
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On 05/07/2026 10:08 pm, Ben Newsam wrote: > John Williamson <[email protected]> wrote, despite their > Organization header reading "" > >> On 25/06/2026 07:28, Thomas Prufer wrote: >>> Oettinger is known for one thing: being a cheap lager, thin on taste, and sold >>> immediately after brewing and bottling. I Have Been Told that storing beer for >>> some weeks makes it better -- but it costs more. So by the time you get it, it >>> would be better than in Germany. >>> >> Point of order. If sold immediately after brewing, it is not allowed to >> be called lager (Literally "stored beer", as a few weeks of storage is >> part of the Rheinheitsgebot law. > > But, but... the Reinheitsgebot (of 1516) was repealed to comply with > EU rules, I believe. So I believe too. But, although they no longer have to abide by it, several brewers still choose to, and declare so on the bockle as a sort of guarantee of quality. -- Naqerj