...by drinking 'beer'.
Anti-ageing beer was presented to the world at a German agricultural fair this week
unfortunately, the germans won't let it be called beer because it contains more than the standard ingredients, which raise interesting points about 'wheat beers', or 'fruit beers'.
Top-fermented wheat beers meet German standards for what may be called beer (legally). German beer forbids the vast majority of adjuncts, particularly in bottom-fermented lagers; no flaked rice or corn (maize) syrup, for instance, and no fruits, unmalted grains, spices other than hops ... the list goes on. However, it's not illegal to sell a lager pre-mixed with lemon-lime carbonated soda; it's labelled as a 'Radler.'
For top-fermented beers, a few exceptions are allowed, first being the use of malted ingredients other than barley, pricipally malted wheat and malted rye. Berliner Weisse wheat beers are permitted a lactic fermentation; Leipziger Gose wheat beers are permitted the use of salt and coriander.
And yes, it's a bit stubborn, this application of the law, inflicted upon the whole of Germany as a condition of the Bavarians joining the union back in the 19th century. By German laws, a lot of traditional Belgian beers are not legally 'beer' either, as well as some beers produced in the UK, among other countries.
Oh no! My secret is out!!! I'll never be able to look Laurent in the face again!!!!!
(not that I ever could without major surgery)
Excellent piece on what a load of old bollocks the Reinheitsgebot is -
snipped-for-privacy@pickthall.freeserve.co.uk (Jeff Pickthall) - a made-up name if ever I've heard one - said
It's a shame it's on such a difficult-to-read background.
Radlers are typically consumed by the young and healthy. Perhaps they regard it as the elixir of youth? Mix it half-and-half with the 'anti-aging' beer and ... no, I don't want to go there either.
DrinksForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.