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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 5:58 pm
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Originally Posted by LEONIDES
Corona is not beer. It is made with corn. No beverage made with corn can be considered beer. Under the German Reinheitsgebot rules, for a beverage to be called beer, it should only be made with 4 ingredients: water, barley, hops, and yeast. That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing it offered on UA flights.

(p.s., be the same rules, Budweiser would not be considered beer, because it is brewed with rice.)
Hate to break it to you, but about 2/3 of the "beer" on the US maket contains some corn-derived component and is not beer according to this criterion. http://www.uwyo.edu/dgw/brooks%20et%...er%20paper.pdf
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