Germany’s beer is famous all around the world. There are between 6000 and 8000 different varieties of German beer, yet they’re all made from the same four ingredients – water, malt, hops, and yeast.

That’s no coincidence, it’s the law! The Reinheitsgebot – Germany’s beer purity regulations – came into effect in 1516 in Bavaria. The southern-German state is home to around half of all the country’s breweries. Of those, around half again are located in Franconia.

The Germans sure love their beer – it’s likely the most popular beverage in the land. The average German drinks some 100 liters of it every year. Intake definitely increases when the Oktoberfest – Germany’s largest festival – is held in Munich. Only two nations drink more beer than Germany; Austria and Czechia.

German master brewer Isabella Mereien, hops farmer Theresa Eisenrieder, and beer sommelier Markus Raupach explain how German beer is made, and how it became such a big deal here.

#Beer #Germany #FoodSecrets

Thanks to Bierhaus Bamberg and Mälzerei Bamberg for letting us shoot in their premises.
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Report: Ruben Kalus
Camera: Marco Borowski/Rossi Kreuger
Edit: Frederik Willmann
Supervising editor: Elke Schwab
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:45 The ingredients
01:50 Secret One: Malt
03:44 A short history of beer
04:30 Lautering
05:28 Secret Two: Hops
09:01 Secret Three: The German Purity Law
11:34 Beer time
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