As a home brewer off and on for twenty-five years I wanted to share Beer Day with you all. Beer is truly the staff off life grain, malt, hops and yeast it is brilliant, sustaining and a terrific hobby.

Like Ben Franklin said, "Beer is proof God loves us, and wants us to be happy."

So, have a beer today. Or better yet...say to heck with the big brewers stop by your local brew pub and after a beer look into home brewing!


German Beer Day was started in 1994 to pay tribute to the founding of the country's famed purity law, or Reinheitsgebot, in 1516, which decreed that beer could include only water, malt and hops. Only centuries later did brewers discover yeast was also required to ferment their amber nectar.

German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner acted as “beer ambassador” in Berlin on Thursday, celebrating the hoppy occasion with the German Brewers Federation (DBB) and the DIRB beer purity institute by honouring the industry’s most engaged players.

While the DBB reports that Germany has the world’s most diverse beer market, a shrinking number of large brewers threatens this variety, Brauen.de said on Thursday.

“The beer variety shrank significantly in recent years, which also has to do the great market power of some large breweries,” the company said.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, high-calorie beer was considered a diet staple in Germany. But now large breweries filter beer to increase shelf life, decreasing its nutritional value.

“It’s no wonder that the trend is turning back to beer brewing like the mothers of old,” the company said, adding that home brewing could save Germany’s manifold beer tradition.

“More households in Germany are brewing their beer themselves,” home brewing supplier Dirk Oschmann said. “What often begins as a gag or a gift turns into a serious hobby combined with a multifaceted taste experience.”

Paulaner Weizen Bier is so delicious on a spring day at the beer garden. Have some weisswurst, spicy mustard, and a big pretzel to go with that.

Invite your friends and have philosophical or political debates and just enjoy the beautiful ancient trees that surround the beer garden overshadowed by a mountain back drop.

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Hey Lynann. I have also homebrewed on and off for about the last 15 years. Nothing like enjoying your own creation.