I have a few questions, I am brewing an ale, so far I've only used barley, yeast, water and hops. I am going to carbonate it with dextrose, am I following the Reinheitsgebot? if not, how to carbonate an ale following the purity law?
Use malt extract instead of corn sugar or mash some malt and make a non-hopped wort.
There are many versions of the Reinheitsgebot. The most commonly cited one is the original, from Bavaria, which, among everything else, prohibits addition of yeast
Yeah, everybody seems to like to point that out, but they never seem to mention that the law was eventually amended to include yeast.
It would help if you read the entire post.
It would help if you read the entire post.
A couple of things to note:
There are many versions of the Reinheitsgebot. The most commonly cited one is the original, from Bavaria, which, among everything else, prohibits addition of yeast (which, contrary to public opinion was very well known at the time) and wheat malt. It only existed in that form from 1516 until 1548, after which beers with wheat, clove and coriander were brewed again in Bavaria.
The other commonly cited version is the German purity law that existed from 1906 until 1993 (with revisions during that time). Under this version, additions of certain sugars WERE permissible for ales, but not for lagers.
ArcaneXor said:Please recall that the OPs original question was: "I am going to carbonate it with dextrose, am I following the Reinheitsgebot?"
The answer to that was given in my post (which was "it depends"), along with some elaboration that was intended to clarify, not confuse or incite anger.
Why are you calling out the condescending attitude? I did not get that from his post. He just pointed out that the original one did not include yeast, but that was only for a few years. It was plain to me that was changed without being written in the way you would have preferred.I did. Where in there does it say anything about an amendment for yeast? It does mention one for wheat, clove and coriander. Lose the condescending attitude, buddy, and read your own posts before you get cocky.
I was under the impression that using "speise" (sugar) was legal under Reinheitsgebot to carb beers with. Please correct me if I'm wrong...
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