Canada wasn't even a gleam in a French King's eye when Germans in Bavaria enacted the Purity Law of 1516, regulating the production of beer. Some 300 years before Louis Pasteur's discoveries concerning microorganisms, and his Pasteurization method for sterilizing foodstuffs, Germans could trust that their beer wouldn't make them unintentionally sick, unlike when they got incredibly drunk and had to sprechen Sie in das Porzellan Telefon. Click the images to enlarge them.
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Look. an Oktoberfest street party![/caption]
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