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Fri 09 Sep 2008How East German beer now surges beyond no man's land
West is best? Well, talk to beer drinkers on the far side of the fallen Berlin Wall and you will find that there is something brewing, writes Stefan Stern
IN THE good old days, before the Berlin Wall came down and when things were so much simpler than they are today, thirsty visitors to the still-divided city had a choice. Should they opt for a Berliner Kindl beer, as brewed in West Berlin, or instead down a bottle (or two) of the Berliner Kindl available in East Berlin?
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