Reinheitsgebot! No, it’s not a German swear word and you don’t have to reply, “Bless you.”The Reinheitsgebot (Gebot) is the 1516 German Beer Purity Law that limits Bavarian beer to three ingredients: water, malt, and hops. Yeast wasn’t one of the original, permissible ingredients because it wasn’t discovered until 1857. The modern version of the... Read More