YOU"RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

What if anything makes the advertised beer kosher? Is it just a con? Thanks.

All beer IS Kosher...that is, unless it has artificial flavorings which is becoming ever so prevalent.

A product is not necesserily kosher, even if it contains no pork or milk-and -meat. The product itself and the envitoment where it is produced has to undergo a special inspection by a rabbinical authority. In fact, l know people who keep kosher in Germany - most food they buy is imported from Israel and sold trippled the cost! Cheers.. :-)

Some of the flavored, specialty beers are not kosher, but only girls drink that stuff. Also, beer is chametz, so, can't drink it on Pesach.

Chaya, a lot of types of beer are kosher and do not require certification, but not all.

Certain European Beers use non-kosher gelatins and ingrediants to clarify and strain the cloudy liquid during the brewing process. I wish I had a current list , but in the US Coors Beer is Kosher OU.

This is THE most absurd discussion I have ever witnessed on this site... it's no wonder we are losing in public opinion worldwide. Geesh.

I can't speak to what the Israeli Rabbinate approves of, but the general consensus among the major kashrut organizations in the US (including the Star-K and CRC) is that all unflavored beer is kosher but that labels should be checked thoroughly to ensure a lack of flavoring.

If you find the discussion so absurd, why participate in it? Perhaps to look down your elitest nose? If a topic doesn't interest you, move on. Nobody's interested in your disinterest. Besides, you probably only drink wine anyways.

All beer made in Germany must comply with the German brewing law, a law that has been on the books for well over 500 years. It says that all beer in Germany may only consist of the following: water, hops, barley, and malt... all of which are kosher.

What does the Talmud say about consuming alcohol?

Guinness is not Kosher; it contains products derived from Pork.

While I'm not religious, not kosher, never even fasted on Yom Kippur, I think you're being a bit naive if you think this is the reason why "we are losing in public opinion worldwide." In fact, I can assure you that even if you ate a ham sandwich in an Orthodox synagogue, the anti-Semites wouldn't dislike you any less.

in this world, including most on this tb list, need their heads examined, urgently. What makes beer "Kosher" ? The fact that the Rabbis were paid some money, nothing more, nothing less.

This is sort of like a low-fat label on something like fruit.

why would you have to 'give up' your 'kosher beer'? there really is no such thing. beers are kosher as long as they don't have colorings or flavorings as additives. BEER DOES NOT NEED HASHGACHA (kosher oversight)

Do they have a kosher pork?

It is a big commandment to always be happy.

is for loonies !

You're almost right. The barley IS malt. It is malted (the grains sprout) and then the malt is either dried or roasted to kill the sprouts, prior to adding the yeast and water.

Accept that there might be kosher and non-kosher beers and (maybe the most important in here -#18) accept that german industry is interested in producing kosher beer -...because it might not correspond to our image about germany....

Sorry, but I have to say something to all these answers: First, I know the rabbi, who overviews the controlling of the "SIMCHA" and has given his kosher certification for it, doesn`t take any money for it himselfe-he spent all the money to his old thoraschool on Israel. Second, it`s right, there is an German purity law for the beer, which says what comes in the beer-but it says not, that anyone has to check this, it`s an intern agreement between the master brewer, so there is no regulation for controlling in quality for the products and the cleanliness, because of it, it`s so importent to control and overview it by a rabbi. Third, the water for these beer is from one of the cleanest waterresource in Germany (Saxony). So, who goes in for quality by beer and a good look, he is well-advised with "SIMCHA" Fourthly, yes, I heard firsthand the beer will come to Israel in a few months. Completing I say, first taste the beer, I have and most of my friends too - and don`t be surprised if it taste like beer (a good beer) ;-)