Am 17.06.2013 13:04, schrieb Martin:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:39:43 +0200, Josef Kleber
wrote:

Am 17.06.2013 11:32, schrieb Martin:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:08:23 +0200, Josef Kleber
wrote:

Am 17.06.2013 10:06, schrieb Martin:
Even real Rheinheit Verbot German beer? I'm allergic to chemical beer.
I get nasty stomach pains from drinking even very small quantities

Reinheits*ge*bot, i'm hoping! ;-)
Your version sounds like there's no water from river Rhine allowed in
german beer! ;-)

LOL thanks for correcting my awful German.

Here's one to amuse you http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/reinheit.htm
Does he believe that the DDR still exists or is it a very old website.

It's only 23+ years! He's mostly talking about Reinheitsgebot is no
matter of quality per se.

Attempts to make my own beer demonstrated that too :-)

Really? With one of these plastic bucket recipes?
Here in my home area, there are still a few municipal breweries. Citizen
with brew rights are able to use them for a fee to brew Zoigl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoigl
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoigl - a bit more detailed

These following the good old tradition sell *their* beer in their - i
have to admit well prepared - private living rooms and in the garden.
There are even Zoigl calendars indicating who is serving this day.

http://www.oberpfaelzerwald.de/cms/f...earc h%3Dtrue

Over the last years, there was quite an impessive revitalisation of the
tradition with good marketing attracting tourists now. Even bigger
breweries were jumping on the train.

The attempt of a discounter (Norma) to sell Zoigl failed. Cheaply
produced, low quality and paired with violation of tradition.
Bavarians don't like that! ;-)

Today, the Reinheitsgebot is more a handicap for german breweries. It
limits the variety of beers they can offer.

and claim it complies with Reinheitsgebot

It's not just the claim. The claim itself is irrelevant, because the law
got slaughtered by an european court. AFAIK and wikipedia seems to
confirm, german breweries are only allowed to brew beer neglecting
Reinheitsgebot for export. Or 'special' beers with administrative
special authorisation, whatever that means.

I thought that only we in Zuid Holland deliberately drank Rhine water.

AFAIK, a lot of cities along the river "produce" most of their water of
Rhine water. Some natural filtration through the river banks plus some
german engineering afterwards. ;-)

The Dutch take water from the Rhine and use the coastal dunes as a
filter.

It will be interesting to see what will happen, when all swiss glaciers
will have gone. Almost half of Baden-Württemberg's population is
supplied with water from Lake Constance. They have a huge pipeline
network up to the most northern parts of the state. Rivers are lifelines
in many ways.

Josef