Other regional styles of German beer include kölsch, a pale lager-style beer from Cologne; altbier from Dusseldorf, known for ...

The German beer purity law dates to the 16th century. Beer history lesson: ... Beer 101: A look at Reinheitsgebot, the German Purity Law of 1516. Updated: Oct. 18, 2013, 5:00 p.m.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the “world renown” of German beer in Ingolstadt, at a celebration marking the 500th anniversary of the beer purity law. The age-old rule has remained a ...

A German court has upheld a brewer's challenge to the country's centuries-old beer purity laws. The ruling means Helmut Fritsche's Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle brewery can continue adding sugar syrup to ...