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From Pipe to Pint: This Eco-Beer Is Brewed From the Water That Goes Down Your Sink
Euronews ^ | 10/10/2023

Posted on 10/11/2023 9:59:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway

‘It tastes like a nice, crisp, Kölsch style ale. You'd have no idea the source of the water’ The thought of drinking wastewater is pretty unsavoury, right? But that’s exactly what one American brewery is encouraging people to do - and for sound environmental reasons.

With the help of a clean tech start-up, Devil’s Canyon brewery has created a beer made using water from the showers, laundry and bathroom sinks of a San Francisco apartment block.Would you be willing to take a sip? Here’s why you should consider it.

Is recycled water safe to drink?

The wastewater that goes down your drain, from everywhere except your toilet, is called grey water. It contains a variety of dirt and chemicals but hasn’t come into contact with faeces.

(Excerpt) Read more at euronews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ale; devilscanyonbrewery; ecobeer; wastewater
Still better than Bud Light. (And most of the other major beers.)
1 posted on 10/11/2023 9:59:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

there are separate sewer lines?

one for kitchen/shower and one for toilet?

only one drain pipe in my house


2 posted on 10/11/2023 10:03:50 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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Well, that’ll be the difference between “Light” beer and “Dark” beer.


3 posted on 10/11/2023 10:13:20 AM PDT by ferret_airlift
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No thank you. There’s already enough pharmaceuticals, micro-plastics, and forever chemicals in our drinking water.


4 posted on 10/11/2023 10:18:30 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: nickcarraway

Brawndo


5 posted on 10/11/2023 10:21:03 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: nickcarraway

Suds: the soapy choice for thirsty drinkers!


6 posted on 10/11/2023 10:22:07 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: nickcarraway

Water passes through nature’s water cycle and is purified in the process. There is no need to make beer from dirty water, unless they are trying desperately to make people think that somehow bathroom water in beer bottles helps the ecosystem.


7 posted on 10/11/2023 10:22:08 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Democracy dies when you take away from those who work and give to those who won't. Khrushchev.)
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To: Mr. K

So you want us to use water to make beer....water...like out of the toilet?


8 posted on 10/11/2023 11:08:07 AM PDT by bakeneko
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It’s got what people crave...


9 posted on 10/11/2023 12:27:58 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: nickcarraway
The wastewater that goes down your drain, from everywhere except your toilet, is called grey water. It contains a variety of dirt and chemicals but hasn’t come into contact with faeces.

Do they have any idea how many people crap in the sink? It's San Francisco after all. Plus three dozens of communicable diseases etc. The thought alone disgusts.

10 posted on 10/11/2023 12:44:53 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Mr. K

so then...can yellow snow work? can’t eat it but beer? it could work. “bear whizz beer...it’s in the water”. or maybe “husky lite, it’s just right”!


11 posted on 10/11/2023 1:00:48 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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Pretty sure it’ll have extra electrolytes.


12 posted on 10/11/2023 2:53:16 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: joshua c

Maybe in Europe there are separate lines. Would like to see their reclamation process and see if they test for the oddball chemicals and viruses and bacteria in the “grey” water.
Count me OUT.


13 posted on 10/11/2023 3:14:50 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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