Hot summer is the peak season for beer consumption.
Recently, Singapore launched a special beer, NewBrew, which attracted attention from the outside world.
Because these beers are actually brewed with recycled toilet water!
This...
Although the color of beer is quite similar to urine.
But complaints are complaints.
directly uses water recovered from urine and sewage to purify and brew beer.
Perhaps, not everyone can accept it.
In fact, it is not surprising.
After all, Singapore has a small land area and dense population, and has always faced the problem of serious shortage of fresh water resources.
In addition to rainwater collection, freshwater imports, seawater desalination and other measures,
sewage reuse is also an important source of ensuring water supply in Singapore.
Among them, the "Newwater" project must be launched to reuse sewage.
NEWater is produced using two technologies: microfiltration and reverse osmosis.
First use microfiltration to remove larger impurities such as granular matter in the sewage.
Then use high pressure to squeeze the sewage through the reverse osmosis membrane to filter out some dissolved smaller impurities.
Then pass it through ultraviolet light Disinfect and get recyclable NEWater.
The Singapore Water Authority has partnered with local craft brewery Brewerkz to launch "eco-friendly beer" NewBrew.
In 2018, NewBrew beer debuted at a conference.
Starting from April this year, this beer has been officially sold in supermarkets and Brewerkz branches in Singapore in a combination of 3 cans.
A 330ml can of beer costs 4.5 Singapore dollars (approximately RMB 21.6 yuan). Mitch Gribov, chief brewer of
Brewerkz, said that as long as
undergoes strict treatment methods, water from any source can be turned into drinking water.
Some consumers, after tasting NewBrew beer, think that
this beer is refreshing and light, very easy to drink,
suitable for drinking in hot areas like Singapore.
"If you don't tell people it's made from sewage, then they might not know it even if they drink it."
Beer brewed from recycled toilet flush water?
"I fully support it~"
But some consumers are still resistant to this.
2-year-old student Low Yu Chen said there are many choices for buying beer now.
"If I want to buy beer, I will choose one made with ordinary water."
It is reported that the first batch of NewBrew beer currently on the market has been sold out at Brewerkz branches.
The company expects that supermarket stocks will be sold out by the end of July.
Next,
will decide whether to produce a new batch of products based on market feedback.
If you want to try something new, you still have to hurry up.
might be a limited edition...
