Influence of the Reinheitsgebot

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Influence of the Reinheitsgebot

• Evan Pierce
• Wim

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German Beer Statistics

• 1350 breweries in Germany
• 5000 different beers to choose from
• The average German drinks 114 liters of beer,
  third highest in the world

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Topics Discussed

• History of Beer
• Importance of Beer
• Beer Coming to German
• Purity Law
• Unifying Germany
• German Beer in America
• Reinheitsgebot
• Hops
• Types of Beer

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History of Beer

• Origins are unknown
• Best guess was a fermented wildly in the vast
  natural wheat fields of Ukraine.
• Man has been drinking beer before written speech
• Also, man has been making beer before settling
  the cities of Mesopotamia

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History of Beer

• Mesopotamia Kings gave a ration of Beer to its
  citizens.
• Beer was fermented in Ancient Egypt and is said
  to be where most of today's European brews
  originated.
• The oldest known Recipe is brewed by DogFish Head
  called Midas Touch

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Importance of Beer

• Beer was an important source of water
• Lack of the Germ Theory allowed for sewage and
  trash to be tossed into drinking sources
• Beer was cleaner than water source
• Also, provided a notional value as it was a good
  source of vitamin B and other vitamins as well.
• Beer was also used to season food as it was used
  to batter fried foods

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Early Beer

• Brewed by women who were in danger of burning to
  death from open flame
• Liver disease was probably common
• Beer was brewed with unconventional preservatives
  such as soot and hallucinogenic mushrooms.

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Beer Coming to Germany

• How and when are unknown, Egypt, Ukraine and
  France all say that they taught the Germans how
  to brew
• Fermented Beverages were in the area of Germany
  before Attila
• Charlemagne brewed beer for himself.

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First Brewery

• First brewery in Germany was built in 725 CE.
• Built as a monastery by monks but became a
  Brewery over the years
• Today it is the oldest known brewery in the world.

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Reinheitsgebot

• Purity Law enacted by Duke William I V of
  Bavaria in 1516
• Limited what beer could be made with and how much
  beer to sell at a certain cost.

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Reinheitsgebot

• Limited Beer to be made with only three
  ingredients.
• Water
• Barley
• Hops

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Reinheitsgabolt

• Yeast was not included at first because it was
  not known to be an ingredient in alcohol.
• To start fermentation process wort was left out
  in the open to use unknown wild yeast.
• Also, bread was added or left over batches of the
  previous brew was used to begin fermentation

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Unification

• Reinheitsgebot became such an important part of
  the culture that it was used to establish Germany
  during the unification process .
• Bavaria would not unify without the purity laws
  and was a great struggle as other parts of
  Germany refused to brew with the restrictions.

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German Beer in America

• German style Beer came to America in the early 1
  8 00s
• First German Brewery in America was established
  by the Y uengling Family in Pottsville
  Pennsylvania
• Brewed beer following the Reinheitsgebot
• Beer tasted cleaner and crisper than German Beer

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German Beer in America

• With a large immigration of Germans through out
  the 1800s over 4000 breweries are built
• Over time breweries consolidate to around 2000
  breweries across the US
• Prohibition closes down many of the breweries

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Beer in America

• Prohibition stops breweries from making alcoholic
  beverages.
• Beer Breweries tried to survive by making cereal
  beers.
• When prohibition end the country is at war and
  breweries are limited to what the can make and
  resort to rice and corn to brew beer.

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Beer in America

• Today micro breweries are making beers that
  follow the reinheitsgebot and traditional
  European brews.
• Major Corporate breweries are even catering to
  the craft beer market.

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Reinheitsgebot Today

• Reinheitsgebot today has been scrutinized by
  other members of the European Union
• Other member of the EU found that the purity law
  created a barrier for foreign competitors to sell
  their product in Germany
• In 1987 the European Court forced Germany to
  allow foreign competitors to sell in Germany

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Reinheitsgebot Today

• Germany allowed foreign competitors into the
  market with strict advertising regulations
• If the beer was not brewed with according to the
  purity law than it could not be advertised as
  beer.
• Instead of being advertised as beer had to be
  advertised as a malt bevarage

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German Hops

• Germany is also known for its Hops and first
  documented country to use hops in brewing
• Important preservative and flavoring ingredient
  of Beer
• Germany is the major producer of the Noble Hops.

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German Hops

• Hallertau
• Spalt
• Saaz
• Tettnag
• All are low in bitterness and high in aroma

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Types of German Beer

• Germany produces both types of beers Lagers and
  Ales
• Most famous for developing and producing lagers
• Lager translates into English To Store
• Traditional Lagers are brewed with bottom
  fermenting yeast and fermented. They are then
  stored from 30 days up to six months in cool
  temperatures
• The outcome is a cleaner crisper beer.

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List of German Beers

• AltBier
• Kölsch
• Weizen
• Berliner Weisse
• Leipziger Göse
• Helles
• Schwarzbier
• Pilsener
• Export
• Spezial
• Dunkel
• Rauchbier
• Bock

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