Gärstoff can only be roughly translated to "product of fermentation (beer?)" or "bugs fermenting (yeast?)" or probably also "label of the beer to be drunk (by whom?)"

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A paradoxical example of recursive self-reference: the label Gärstoff is assigned to both the creator of an award winning beer - the Gärstoff - and at the same time denoting this beer itself.

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