It's been nearly 500 years since the passage of the Reinheitsgebot, the "German Beer Purity Law" decreeing that beer shall be made from only three ingredients: water, barley, and hops. (And yeast, of course, though its contribution to the fermentation process wouldn't be understood until a few centuries later.) The letter of the land until 1988, it holds considerable sway over brewers even today, a testament to the country's mania for integrity and tradition. It's this same sort of obsessive attention to detail that we so often admire in German luxury sedans, at least the ones we find as satisfying as a stein of authentic lager. READ MORE ››
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