Tip - Purity Pride: Germany Wants World Heritage Status for Its Beer - SPIEGEL ONLINE

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Purity Pride: Germany Wants World Heritage Status for Its Beer - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Germany's brewers are so proud of their 500-year-old beer purity law, which states that it must consist only of water, malt, hops and yeast, that they want it inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage list -- alongside the pyramids, the Taj Mahal and Flamenco dancing.

For further reading: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/german-brewers-want-unesco-world-heritage-status-for-purity-law-a-936843.html

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