1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hi everyone, I'm Eves and Welcome to This 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: Day in History Class, a podcast that tears a page 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: from the Book of History every single day. Today is 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: The day was April fifteen, sixteen, the Ryan Heightska Boat, 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: a Bavarian beer purity law was adopted. There were previous 7 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: regulations to control the quality and pricing of German beer, 8 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: but the fifteen sixteen law is the most prominent version. 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: Beer and brewing are integral parts of Bavarian history and 10 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: culture throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. 11 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: Beer was a mainstay in the Bavarian diet. By the 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: sixteenth century, Bavaria was home to many well known beer cities, 13 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: but hygiene was not great and the beer was often contaminated. 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: Brewers sometimes increased prices and added unnecessary ingredients like wood 15 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: shavings and hallucinogenic plants to beer. There had been efforts 16 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: to place more regulations on beer in Bavaria. For instance, 17 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: in twelfth century Augsburg, a decree was passed saying that 18 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: bad beer had to be destroyed or given to impoverished 19 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: people at no cost. In thirteen sixty three, the Munich 20 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: city council began to regulate brewing in the city to 21 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: make sure it could be taxed and to monitor its quality, 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: and in fourteen forty seven, the Munich Purity Law ordered 23 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: that brewers could only use barley, hops and water in 24 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: their beers. Though the reasoning behind the law is debatable, 25 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: it's been suggested that if brewers were limited to barley, 26 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: then bakers would have more access to wheat and rye. 27 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,279 Speaker 1: According to this theory, this would reduce competition for wheat 28 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: and rye and keep bread cheap. In fourteen eighty seven, 29 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: Duke Albrights the fourth, the ruler of Bavaria Munich, made 30 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,639 Speaker 1: brewers in his duchy take of public oath to follow 31 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: the fourteen forty seven Purity Law, and on April fifteen sixteen, 32 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: the Dukes will him the fourth in the Ludwig the 33 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: tenth issued the Rheine height Ska Boat, though it wasn't 34 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: dubbed the Rhine heightsk boat until the twentieth century. Versions 35 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: of the decree were often called substitution prohibition or surrogate 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: prohibition and stead the Dukes issued the proclamation at a 37 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: meeting of the Assembly of Estates in Inglestad translated into English. 38 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: The decrees set the following in part. In all cities, 39 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: markets and in the country, the only ingredients used for 40 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: the brewing of beer must be barley, hops and water. 41 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: It went on to say that anyone who knowingly violated 42 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: the decree would have the offending beer barrels confiscated. The 43 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: decree also set forth stipulations around the price beer could 44 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: be sold for. It did not put any restrictions on 45 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: yeast because used was not identify fight yet. Under the regulation, 46 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: beer brewed in the winter improved, but beer brewed in 47 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: the summer was still low quality thanks to warm temperatures 48 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: and lack of artificial refrigeration. In fifteen fifty three, do 49 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: all Ride the Fifth outlawed brewing in Bavaria from April 50 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: to September twenty nine. The band and the purity law 51 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: inspired the transformation of brewing techniques in Bavaria. The Rhine 52 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: height skol Bat was updated over time to allow for 53 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: other ingredients. The German Empire came into existence in eighteen 54 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: seventy one. Over the years, more places across Germany adopted 55 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: the decree. By nineteen o six, it was effective throughout 56 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: all of Germany, but in nineteen eighties seven, the European 57 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: Court of Justice ruled that banning the import of beers 58 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: that don't adhere to the Rhine height skool boat was 59 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: a barrier to the free movement of goods, so important 60 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: beer could be sold in Germany without following the regulation. 61 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: German beer producers are still subject to legal production standards, 62 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: but regulations have changed a lot since the fifteen sixteen 63 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: purity law. Now many German brewers use their adherence to 64 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: the Rhine height school boat as a marketing tool. 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