Germany's Purity Law of 1516 states that German beer must contain only water, hops & this germinated grain
... that only one sentence in the document actually describes how beer should 
be ... no beer be brewed with any ingredients other than barley, hops, and water. 
. [DOC] [TLE] The Reinheitsgebot - what a load of old b*llocks - European Beer ... [PAR] An example to the world of how beer should be brewed, as the Germans have 
done ... As far as I can tell, the Reinheitsgebot is totally irrelevant; German beer is 
good ... the limitation of only using malt, water, hops and yeast has been proved 
by many, ... No wheat beer can claim to be brewed to the Reinheitsgebot of 1516,
... [DOC] [TLE] THE GERMAN BEER LAW - Wiley Online Library [PAR] The principles of the German Beer Laws based on the Bavarian Purity Law of 
1516 have still an ... barley malt, hops, yeast and water are permitted.