Beer production can have negative environmental Impacts Water, natural gas, electricity and transportation cost huge impact on our nature. The process also uses and disposes considerable amount of Green House Gas, especially for the carbonation process. As a response, some breweries are taking step further to reduce their environmental impact.

Due to continuous California drought, Half Moon Bay Brewing Company decided to adopt to brew beer from recycled greywater (wastewater from sinks, showers, baths, dish washers and laundry machine.) The Idea came from the fact that Californians focus on conservation [but not on] water recycling. Last October they started the process by a blind taste test at an urban sustainability conference.  The taste panel, who tasted both regular beers and recycled-water beers, couldn?t tell the difference. The company passed a taste test at a Bay Area sustainability conference.

Because California cannot directly pump recycled water to be used as the drink water supply, this recycled-water beers couldn?t be primarily served as the commercially benefitting products. Instead, the focus was on using this beer as tool to keep the public and policymakers? attentions on this problem. Getting the attention from the legislation to get permission to bring recycled water directly into the drinking water supply will serve as an initiative step to apply this technology even further.

          We have to admit that brewing beer from recycled water is unique, unusual approach. But increasing number of breweries in United States is looking for innovative ways to reduce their environmental impact. In that sense, Half Moon Bay Brewing Company?s use of NASA technology is taking notable step on producing eco-friendly products.

Credit to the huffingtonpost & the Guardians: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/14/californian-craft-brewer-beer-recycled-water-environment