Burragumbilli beer – pure, natural taste.

Burragumbilli beer is naturally brewed - all of the ingredients are certified organic and it is
made without added sugar.

Natural beer uses barley grain that has been partially germinated to convert its starches into soluble sugars. This process is called “malting”. The malted barley is then fermented with yeast to produce alcohol, carbon dioxide bubbles and an array of interesting flavours, aroma, colour and what is commonly called mouthfeel.

Most modern breweries however replace some of the malted barley with up to 30% cane sugar syrup. Malted barley is much more expensive than sugar syrup. Sugar syrup ferments to alcohol, but it does not add body, colour or aroma to the beer. The flavour it does add, is one that the brewer doesn’t want.

Burragumbilli beer uses only malted barley in the fermentation process to give the beer maximum body, flavour and the correct bubble characteristics for the perfect head. Beers made from less barley with sugar additions usually need additives to adjust the surface tension of the bubbles to improve the head.

Many people know of these sugar additions because of the publicity given to the old German law - the Reinheitsgebot. This German (originally, Bavarian) purity law restricted the ingredients that could be used to make beer to being water, barley malt, hops, and yeast. In the 1516 version of the law, only water, malt and hops were mentioned, because yeast was not isolated until the 19th century after Louis Pasteur's work.

"Reinheit" means "cleanliness" or "purity". Here is a translated extract from the 1516 law - "Furthermore, we wish to emphasize that in future in all cities, markets and in the country, the only ingredients used for the brewing of beer must be Barley, Hops and Water. Whosoever knowingly disregards or transgresses upon this ordinance, shall be punished by the Court authorities' confiscating such barrels of beer, without fail.”

In 1987, the Reinheitsgebot was repealed by the EC as part of the opening up of the European market. Most German breweries elected to uphold the Reinheitsgebot in their brewing anyway out of respect for their craft, heritage, and to maintain the reputation German beer has as the world’s finest.

Burragumbilli beer uses this traditional method of “purity” to make natural beer.


ORGANIC CERTIFICATION by ACO

Burragumbilli beer then takes the next step to ensure purity by using only Certified Organic ingredients. Our barley and hops are grown without industrial fertilizers, pesticides, weedicides or fungicides and therefore are without the common chemical residues of conventionally grown crops. Hops in particular are very susceptible to fungal diseases and conventionally grown crops generally require fungicidal applications. Organic hops are grown with wider spaced plants and rigorous pruning to improve sunlight penetration and airflow to restrict fungal infections.

Organic farming practices also use other innovative, non-chemical techniques for farming in harmony with the environment. The main goal of organic farming is to provide nutrient rich, healthy soils from which healthy plants can be grown. Nutrient rich, healthy plants are less prone to diseases and pests.

So if you are drinking any beer which is not certified organic you will most likely be imbibing a chemical cocktail which is harmful to your health. It can include the residues from farming processes, storage/preservative requirements, several of which are carcinogenic, as well as residues of industrial cleaners, and chemical additives to the brew such as flavours, colours, and preservatives. Of the over 9 chemical processing aids commonly used by breweries, at least one is a well known human carcinogen, and others have well understood harmful effects on human physiology.

Organics is the smart way for keeping farming sustainable for the future - improving soil, encouraging wildlife and woodlands, saving water, keeping pollutants out of our food, beverage, land, air and waterways, preventing disease, and benefiting our healthy way of life.

The organic movement is growing rapidly worldwide as the importance of protecting your longevity and quality of life in this clean natural way becomes more widely understood.

If you enjoy a beer and value your health, chose to drink Burragumbilli !
PURE ingredients, PURE Style, PURE Taste