vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agoBeer and Wine are vegan drinks.message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down18
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minus-squaredfyx@lemmy.helios42.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoWell, ackshually akshually - drink German beer. With very few exceptions, it’s only allowed to contain barley, hops, yeast and water. That law has existed in some form for over 500 years.
minus-squareflathead@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoA German guy once told me that the original penalty for violating that law was that the brewer was to be drowned in his own beer - to be fair, he was quite drunk at the time, so it might be complete bullshit.
minus-squarePlasticExistence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoThat only applies to beer breweries in Bavaria. Not all of Germany is subject to that law.
minus-squareTiptopit@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoNot true, you are not allowed to call it beer then
Well, ackshually akshually - drink German beer. With very few exceptions, it’s only allowed to contain barley, hops, yeast and water. That law has existed in some form for over 500 years.
A German guy once told me that the original penalty for violating that law was that the brewer was to be drowned in his own beer - to be fair, he was quite drunk at the time, so it might be complete bullshit.
That only applies to beer breweries in Bavaria. Not all of Germany is subject to that law.
Not true, you are not allowed to call it beer then