Weird to hear, Beer in Singapore is made with sewage water and urine; netizens freak out

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• May 28, 2022 | Poonam Nath

The collaboration between Singapore's national water agency PUB and local craft beer brewery Brewerkz is proof that "sustainability can be delicious."

Digital Desk: While most people are ecstatic about anything that involves recycling and repurposing, netizens aren't so enthusiastic about a new beer from Singapore. 

The reason people aren't that happy is that the beer is made of sewage and urine-recycled water, to be precise.

Yes, the NEWBrew is made of NEWater, Singapore's brand of pure, high-quality recycled water, which elevates the art of brewing beer to new heights. 

According to an international news agency report, it is mentioned that beer is made of a liquid that is recycled from sewage, purified, and injected into Singapore's water system.

As per reports, the unique beverage, which Singapore's national water agency PUB launched in collaboration with local craft beer brewery Brewerkz, "highlights not only that Singapore's recycled water more than adheres to international standards of safe drinking water, but that it is also clean enough to be used in beer brewing."

It's a "very quaffable beer" with a "smooth, toasted honey-like aftertaste," according to Brewerkz, and it's perfect for Singapore's tropical environment. NEWater is used to make 95% of the tropical blonde ale beer, which is created with "the finest ingredients, including premium German barley malts, aromatic Citra and Calypso hops, and kveik, a highly sought-after breed of farm-house yeast from Norway."

While the inventors of the one-of-a-kind brew claim that the beer proves that "sustainable can be delicious," social media users aren't convinced. People who tried the beer without knowing what it was comprised of had nothing but pleasant reactions after the initial surprise, according to a video published by PUB.

With the motto "every drop matters," Singapore's national water authority has been recycling sewage to turn it into drinking water for years. The initiative, which aims to be sustainable, is a way to combat water scarcity during the dry season.

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