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Article: Party brewing up in Czechoslovakia as Iron Curtain falls. ("Friends of Beer" political party)
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- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- February 26, 1990
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Party brewing up in Czechoslovakia as Iron Curtain falls
Beer lovers in the famed brewery town of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, have decided to mix party politics with the politics of partying.
In one of the odder side effects of this country's move to democracy, a group of dedicated beer drinkers have formed their own party to run in Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 40 years.
"The main objective of the party is to decrease the price of beer while increasing its quality and consumption," the newspaper Mlada Fronta reported on Tuesday. The party also wants 1991 the "Year of Czechoslovak Beer."
Czechoslovakia ranks second in Europe in per ...