Sweet success for German brewer spells end for "beerocracy"

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BBC
Ruling eases Germany's beer law

A German court has upheld a brewer's challenge to the country's centuries-old beer purity laws.

The ruling means Helmut Fritsche's Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle brewery can continue adding sugar syrup to its dark brew and still call it "beer".

The 1516 beer purity law limits beer ingredients to malted grain, hops, yeast and water. Mr Fritsche's brewery adds sugar syrup after fermentation.

The ruling ends a 10-year legal battle by the small east German brewery.

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