Hops: Medicinal plant of the year 2007
Hops, the “Medicinal Plant of the Year 2007”, is the only ingredient, other than water, yeast and malt, permitted in brewing of beer in compliance with the German ‘Reinheitsgebot’ (Purity Law). The annual prize was awarded by ‘Studienkreis Entwicklungsgeschichte der Arzneipflanzenheilkunde’ (Study Group History of the Development of Medicinal Plant Botany) at Würzburg University.