Tiny Bubbles

The Kloster brewery in Neuzelle, Germany, has introduced a beer concentrate specifically for bathing. Four three-quart bottles of concentrate, at $22 each, when mixed with water, fill a 32-gallon tub. The biggest difference between the bath beer and the regular variety is the yeast has been left in, which is “soothing to the skin” and a good treatment for eczema, the brewer claims. And, “You can bathe in it, or drink it,” he said. “Whoever wants to can do both.” (AP) ...Best of all, it makes the bath drown-proof: the deeper you go, the higher you get.