From Becks in the north to Paulaner in the south, Germany's bigger beers are sold worldwide. But the best beers are only found locally. On Germany's national beer day, Paul Krantz offers a few local recommendations from Bavaria to Berlin.
As opposed to international beer day, which is celebrated in August, Germany’s beer day is set on this date to commemorate the passage of the Reinheitsgebot (or the Purity Law) on April 23rd, 1516. The Purity Law stated that beer may only consist of water, malt, hops and yeast.
The original law didn’t explicitly allow yeast as ingredient, as it was still “unknown”.
The original law didn’t explicitly allow yeast as ingredient, as it was still “unknown”.