How are you celebrating the 500th anniversary of Reinheitsgebot?

[maltman]

Reinheitsgebot, the German beer purity law was enacted 500 years ago tomorrow (4/23/1516)!
http://reinheitsgebot.de/en/home/
What are you doing to celebrate? I won't be brewing unfortunately, but I do plan to work on my new brew stand build!

 

[smokinop]

I think I'll drink a cold one when I get home.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Think I'll do it with gruit.

 

[Wiscohio_brewer]

Chocolate Rasberry Stout. Seriously though, probably a kolsch or helles.

 

[cubalz]

I was thinking about drinking a 40 of malt liquor in celebration. I am sure that OE 800 is brewed to those strict guidelines. Either that or pop open a Helles for a 6 pack in my fridge

 

[unviewtiful]

I'll be celebrating by attending a beer festival tomorrow!

 

[m00ps]

im adding 2lbs of jolly rancher candies to an IPA

 

[bucketnative]

im adding 2lbs of jolly rancher candies to an IPA

That reminds me... whatever happened to Zima?

 

[maltman]

Wait! Isn't Zima German?

 

[cvoytek]

Think I will have to have one or two bottles of the Augustiner Helles clone I brewed a few weeks ago.

 

[AK7007]

It is?! I wasnt brewing, but now I feel like I need to take time to thumb my nose at tradition. Maybe some sort of cream of three crops variant - has anyone added rye or wheat for a 4th crop?

 

[Natdavis777]

I will be brewing, but wont be following the rules :smack:

I will enjoy some Maibock though. Copious amounts. Because Reinheitsgebot...

 

[Singletrack]

I wouldn't have realized the occasion. Thank you Maltman. Nearly all my beers are almost Reinheitsgebot, because I don't like a lot of spices, fruit, or soot in my beer -- not because I care about complying with any German "laws." However, I always use whirlfloc, so I suppose I'm in violation.


Tomorrow? Just work and a bottle of my dwindling supply of homebrew. No time to brew.

 

[TallahasseeBrew]

Brewing a Nerds candy infused Berliner Weiss

 

[Spartan1979]

I had a couple of these:

 

[dyqik]

Think I'll do it with gruit.

I was trying to work out if a malted wheat and rye gruit brewed with apple cider as the base liquor could be made to work... If you are going to thumb your nose at the Reinheitsgebot by not using hops, why use barley or water*.

Obviously, I'd still rack onto fruit and use whirfloc. And Irish moss and gelatin.

As an aside, is adding CO2 to beer in violation of the CAMReinheitsgebot?



*yes, I know cider has water in it.

 

[Gavin C]

Drank some HB Marzen

Brewed some Dunkel

Drank some HB Altbier

Sipped some HB Apfelwein

I've no idea what to do for the next 500 years of waiting.

 

[Yesfan]

Wait! Isn't Zima German?

You're thinking of "Zemo". Totally different.