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Maß
Maß: German noun for a measure, unit, or extent (das Maß, plural Maße), and in feminine form die Maß the Bavarian one-liter beer serving in a Maßkrug, historically 1.069 liters, now the Oktoberfest standard.
Reinheitsgebot
Reinheitsgebot, the German Beer Purity Law, originating in the 1516 Bavarian decree of Wilhelm IV limiting beer to barley, hops, and water; nationalized in 1906, codified in the Vorläufiges Biergesetz, and limited by a 1987 ECJ ruling on imports.