All this is preparation for an evening spent feasting on slow-roasted lamb or venison, accompanied by home-brewed nettle beer.

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The town even has its own Nordic zoo, along with licensed taverns where you can drink home-brewed beer from wooden flagons.

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Empire blames bad weather and higher gas prices, but it also might indicate the Swedes have sated their appetite for home-brewed soda.

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Those looking for a home-brewed bath can even order Spa Beer (or badebier) online, brewed by the monastic Klosterbrauerei and used for treatments at nearby Landhotel Kummerower Hof in Neuzelle, Germany.

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In a surprise news release Oct. 18, Schering-Plough announced positive results for its home-brewed compound, precipitating a first big drop in Vertex shares--even though Schering isn't presenting any details at the liver meeting.

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In a surprise news release Oct. 18, Schering-Plough (nyse: SGP - news - people ) announced positive results for its home-brewed compound, precipitating a first big drop in Vertex shares--even though Schering isn't presenting any details at the liver meeting.

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