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| | Reinheitsgebot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The Reinheitsgebot (literally "purity requirement") is a regulation that originated in the duchy of Bavaria in 1516, concerning standards for the sale and composition of beer. |
 | | The Reinheitsgebot as it stands in Germany today states that "For the preparation of beer, only malt, hops, yeast and water can be used." Thus, compared to the original law, unmalted grain is no longer acceptable, but on the other hand, grains other than barley may now be used. |
 | | Regulations similar to those of the Reinheitsgebot were incorporated into various guild regulations and local laws all over Germany, and in 1952, they were incorporated into the West German Biersteuergesetz (Beer Taxation Law). |
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