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BOTTOMS UP FOR BEER BATH

ABOVE: The spa contains seven 13ft long pools filled with beer / europics.at

ABOVE: Bosses claim that beer can treat skin conditions

ABOVE: The pools are filled with 42,000 pints of lager

29th October 2009

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BEER lovers are being given the chance to take the plunge in a health spa pool - filled with 42,000 pints of lager.

The spa - part of a local brewery - contains seven 13ft long pools filled with beer which you can even ask to be served chilled or heated.

And bosses in Starkenberg, Austria, claim that beer can treat skin conditions, blood circulation and can even help cure wounds.

Head barman Markus Amann, 23, said: "These pools really can help some health problems - but if they don't work for you you'll probably have drunk enough not to care about it any more.

Meanwhile, even monks are getting in on the craze for health on tap.

Brewers of the distinctive dark Klosterbrauerei in rural eastern Germany have produced a spa supplement for customers to put in the tub at home.

Spokesman Dirk Vock told the Austrian Times: "It opens up the pores. The yeast penetrates the skin and after 15 minutes your skin feels softer everywhere."