Forget Botox, how about another beer?

German brewery launches ‘anti-aging’ brew; product likely to challenge 500-year-old law

By Andy Eckardt
Producer
NBC News

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.
"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.
"The beer will be promoted as a healthy and nutritious food product, which supports the general well-being, if consumed in moderation," Stefan Fritsche, the son of the brewery's owner, told NBC News. Story continues