Re: Nostalgia

[email protected] (Sn!pe) Sun, 5 Jul 2026 23:53:19 +0100

Newsgroups	alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove,uk.rec.sheds,free.beer.tomorrow
Organization	Sn!peCo World Wide Wading Birds
Message-ID	<1rxsski.1s1tca4glhme7N%[email protected]>

Ben Newsam <[email protected]> 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 the Reinheitsgebot (of 1516) was repealed to comply with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.

Another case of Brussels over-reaching, or what?

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