Did you know that the average craft brewery generates two tons of "spent grain" every week? That’s up to 500 pounds per ten kegs. This is why NETZRO, an innovative food recovery company, is transforming spent grain from brewing into flour. Spent grain is made up of barley, … [Read more...] about This upcycled flour is made from spent beer grain
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Water treatment plant uses expired beer to produce green energy
As restaurants and bars in Australia were forced to close due to the pandemic, millions of liters of unsold beer went stale. But instead of going to waste, some inventories of expired beer are being turned into renewable energy to power a water treatment plant in the state of … [Read more...] about Water treatment plant uses expired beer to produce green energy
How Guinness is repurposing their beer into fertilizer and biogas
When bars and restaurants across Ireland closed to stop the spread of the pandemic, thousands of kegs of Guinness beer went unconsumed. Fortunately, the company began a reclamation initiative to put the beer to a helpful and unusual use: tree fertilizer. Guinness is … [Read more...] about How Guinness is repurposing their beer into fertilizer and biogas
How local breweries improved water quality in this Montana town
Faced with an aging water treatment plant and polluted water from ten nearby breweries disrupting treatment operations, the small town of Havre, Montana came up with a solution to use beer to its advantage. Engineering consultant Coralyn Revis figured out a plan to use the beer … [Read more...] about How local breweries improved water quality in this Montana town
You can adopt the dogs featured on these Motorworks Brewing beer cans
About 3.3 million dogs enter US animal shelters every year. And while some are adopted, many others are left behind. In an effort to change that, a Florida brewery is working to help dogs find their forever homes - by putting their faces on beer cans. Motorworks Brewing has … [Read more...] about You can adopt the dogs featured on these Motorworks Brewing beer cans