Re: Nostalgia

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 the Reinheitsgebot (of 1516) was repealed to comply with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