Originally posted Jan. 17, 2004<br />
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Mainz, Germany — German experts often say beer is like good wine – it has a variety of different tastes. Germany alone boasts more than 1,200 breweries, with over 5,000 brands. And a small eastern German company is now adding a new taste: anti-aging beer. <br />
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"Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle," a former monastery brewery in a small town at the German-Polish border, introduced its "anti-aging beer" at the country’s largest food and nutrition fair on Friday, during the so-called "Green Week" in Berlin.<br />
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Yet, the company — which has defied Germany’s strict beer law in the past — might not be allowed to call its traditionally brewed product "beer." According to the nation’s 1516 brewing law, beer brewed in Germany can only contain barley, hops, yeast and water.<br />
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Read the full story at <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3978429/"><strong>MSNBC</strong></a>
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