For portable potables, Domaine Steinbach produces five ciders from their organic orchard.

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Two years ago, Mr Steinbach felt there was a market in Kirgizstan for good beer, not only among the remaining Germans but among the Kirgiz.

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Surely, Mr Steinbach reasoned, German beer would be superior.

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Mr Steinbach, a teacher, is a self-taught brewer.

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