Article: Who will have the berry best brats? 3 rivals will sell fruit- flavored novelty at Cedarburg Strawberry Festival

Cedarburg -- For years, one strawberry bratwurst ruled the annual Cedarburg Strawberry Festival.

Then last November, the sausage maker retired and closed shop. Three other sausage makers lined up to put their names on the festival dance card. But only one official heir to the throne -- the "original strawberry bratwurst" -- will be served by the festival when the city rolls out the berry-red carpet for all things strawberry this weekend.

The two rivals will be sold elsewhere along Washington Ave., creating a chorus line of dueling strawberry brats.

The "original" is the Hoffmann's Market recipe legally gifted to longtime Hoffmann's employee Steve Biertzer when he recently set off on his own ...

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