Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>p.s. a "brew-pub" nr. Solms? There has to be one. It's in Germany, isn't >it? The town and local region breweries make some of the finest beers on >Earth. The German purity brewing act of 1411 or something way the heck back >forbids any brewery from making beer with anything except water, a malted >product, sugar, yeast and hops. As far as I know, even sugar is not allowed. Nevertheless, the brewing act is not a law anymore because the European Union has cancelled it. But all German brewerys still obey to this rule on a voluntary basis. >Way up north nr. Hamburg, there is a >(commercial) "farmer's beer" called Jever. I have never had a finer beer >in my life! You can't even get it in the middle regions of Germany. >Their basic beers don't "travel" very well. "Jever" can be bought in many German cities now, at least in the Northern part of the country. If you're lucky you'll also get in Solms. Hesse (the part of Germany where Leica is located) is not very famous for its beer compared to Northern Germany, the Rhine/Ruhr region, or Bavaria. But you will surely find something nice to drink there too... Not a very Leica specific theme? OK, I'll shut up. Bye, Edi.