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I haven't mentioned this for a while. German Reissbier. Or rice beer. Exactly the sort of thing the Germans weren't allowed to brew, you would have thought. Not really Reinheitsgebot, you know.

Or maybe not.

I found this yesterday:


It comes from "Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel" by Joseph König, 1889, page 834. Who would have thought it? Weihenstephan brewing rice beer. I'm shocked, disgusted and a little bit sad.


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