Beverage Industry News
Your favorite malted beverage gets greened
Monday, 31, May 2010
In a new effort to expedite the brewing process and produce greener beers, your favorite malted beverage may soon have a smaller carbon footprint but no longer be malted.According to a May 18 write-up on industry site just-drinks.com by Larry Nelson, editor of a column for the international magazine Brewers' Guardian, you soon may no longer be able to find a bottle that reads "only the finest malt and hops have been used."
A new enzyme, Ondea Pro, has been developed by Novozymes, a Danish biotech firm, "that makes it possible to brew highly credible beer without the necessity of having to use malt barley."An example is Clim8 Beer, which is brewed with 100% barley (unmalted), by Harboes in Denmark. Its site boasts that: "Clim8Beer is nothing less than a revolution, a fresh lager brewed in a modern way, saving the environment for more than 8g CO2 per unit.
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