Re: Nostalgia
"Kerr-Mudd, John" <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:49:56 +0100 Ben Newsam <[email protected]> wrote: > Andy Burns <[email protected]> wrote, despite their Organization > header reading "A noiseless patient Spider" > > >Ben Newsam wrote: > > > >> John Williamson wrote: > >> > >>> 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 the Reinheitsgebot (of 1516) was repealed to comply with 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. > > > >Plenty of beer is still brewed in accordance with it (plus or minus > >yeast as a specific ingredient) > > Indeed. When it was actual law, though, I heard of a tanker-load of > Whitbread Tankard that was turned back at the border. Guinness, on the > other hand, was allowed. Lots of foods are required to list their ingredients; not so british beer. > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com -- Bah, and indeed Humbug.