Re: Nostalgia

Ben Newsam <[email protected]> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:48:16 +0100
Newsgroups alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove,uk.rec.sheds,free.beer.tomorrow
Organization Micro Services
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] (Sn!pe) wrote, despite their Organization header
reading "Sn!peCo World Wide Wading Birds"

>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 the Reinheitsgebot (of 1516) was repealed to comply with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?

It makes sense that standards are the same across the entire EU, or
they wouldn't be standards.
-- 
Ben

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