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Themed journey · 9 chapters

Purity law & Protected Designation of Origin

Nine stops from the 1516 Bavarian decree through beer law and original gravity to Kölsch, Oude Geuze, Budvar and Happoshu: what law and naming reveal about a beer.

  1. Chapter 1What Does the 1516 Reinheitsgebot Actually Say?The 1516 Text
  2. Chapter 2Before 1516 and After: Beer Ordinances up to the 1906 Reich LawOrdinances Before, Laws After
  3. Chapter 3Beer Law Today: What's Permitted in German BeerToday's Law
  4. Chapter 4Schankbier, Vollbier, Starkbier: Beer Categories ExplainedOriginal Gravity and Tax
  5. Chapter 5Protected beers: Kölsch, Münchener Bier and PGI statusOrigin with a seal
  6. Chapter 6Oude Geuze, Lambic, Sahti: traditional specialties guaranteedProtected method
  7. Chapter 7Budweiser versus Budvar: the naming dispute and other beer rightsTrademark versus origin
  8. Chapter 8Reinheitsgebot: quality seal or marketing?What the seal is really worth
  9. Chapter 9Beer law elsewhere: Belgium, the UK, the US, and JapanLaw around the world

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