Sewage beer sounds like something out of a dystopian movie or someone’s terrifying, unsavory nightmare. We’ve seen beer made from seaweed and whale bones, but of all the weird and wacky ingredients used to make craft beer, sewage is by far the most unappetizing. But could it catch on? Oregon’s Clean Water Services is putting money on it. The water resources management company is backing an initiative to use purified sewage water to make beer.
In an article published on January 28, NPR reported that Clean Water Services is pursuing this goal to show off the possibilities of recycled waste water. If it succeeds, the company will not only turn sewage into a drinkable product, but a desirable one at that. It’s one thing to turn waste water into potable drinking water; it’s another thing entirely to turn it into the nectar of the hops gods.
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Now sewage beer doesn’t sound so bad after all.
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