In an article today in the Philly Daily News, the subject of genetically modified beer ingredients is raised. It seems there is a furor in Germany (no obscure pun intended) over the use of GMO’s, Genetically Modified Organisms. Scientists are creating crops, such as hops and barley, that are more resistant to disease, grow faster, and reproduce easier. The German beer brewer community has started a petition, with approximately 400 breweries signed up, demanding that the 500-year-old Reinheitsgebot (Germany’s beer purity law) be modified to ban the use of genetically modified ingredients. God forbid that we find a way to brew beer cheaper and offset the hop shortage.
So what’s the big deal about genetically modified ingredients? Over here in the USA, we consume all manner of genetically modified products daily. Of course, we’re the fattest country in the world, but that couldn’t be a coincidence, could it? At the end of the day it’s all about taste. And the lack of third eyes or sixth fingers. You decide.
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