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German Brewery Powers Itself on Beer Waste

greenbiz.com — A scientist pondering the growing problem of brewery waste in Europe has devised a way to tap into the power of beer. He and his partners designed a system to recycle spent grains and wastewater to produce energy that can fuel the beermaking process.

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  • mu0p, on 07/11/2009, -1/+46Almost a self-replicating beer machine....now that's singularity i could get behind.
  • jerryjamesstone, on 07/11/2009, -2/+18Sierra Nevada does stuff like that too
    http://gas2.org/2009/02/09/sierra-nevada-beer-brew ...
  • Arkyll, on 07/16/2009, -1/+17Awesome!
  • Renian, on 07/11/2009, -0/+14To alcohol! The cause of--and solution to--all of life's problems.
  • Elsewhere42, on 07/11/2009, -1/+13The power of beer never ceases to amaze me.
  • PanicAK, on 07/11/2009, -0/+12I am also powered by beer.
  • ralphthemagi, on 07/12/2009, -0/+6I think I'm going to go drown myself in solutions.
  • Twenty, on 07/11/2009, -0/+5BEER IS GOOD
  • pitdog, on 07/11/2009, -1/+6Beer... god's beverage.
  • NoLibertarians, on 07/12/2009, -0/+5If I wanted to power myself on beer waste I would start drinking "Bud"
  • s3dward, on 07/11/2009, -1/+5Did God make beer or did beer make God?
  • jerstud56, on 07/11/2009, -0/+4Good news everyone!
  • Twenty, on 07/11/2009, -0/+4Cherry Wheat made me realize that there were other tastes in beer other than that "awful beer taste." A year later I tried it again and I find it absolutely horrible, because my palette has changed.
  • datagod, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3Funny thing...so do I!
  • method7670, on 07/11/2009, -2/+5See alcohol will save the universe!
  • noyurawk, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3I'll have to find something else because I never waste beer.
  • ivan423, on 07/11/2009, -1/+4Today the sky is blue. Most of the time it looks gray.
  • Leviathan433, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2ZING!
  • ale8oneboy, on 07/12/2009, -1/+3Beer, the answer to the energy crisis.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2mmmmm,,, perpetual beer motion... arghghghghgh
  • BotchaMcCoola, on 07/11/2009, -1/+3Ich can to dat trinken
  • zagatbuzz, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2This is a great way to go green!!
  • RandomGorilla, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2So essentially it's a car that runs on Vegemite? Interesting.
  • Barackalypse, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2More specifically, it powers up to 15% of its self with beer waste:
    FTA: "supplying up to 15 percent of sites’ fuel need"
  • stuffradio, on 07/11/2009, -1/+3If only I found real beer I actually like the taste of, unless it's just something you enjoy more as you get older.
  • anonymou38, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2Cheers! I'll join you.
  • zjbird, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2Heineken. It's what weed would taste like if it were a beer.
  • Lewie, on 07/11/2009, -1/+2It's an acquired taste. I hated beer until I spent a summer playing beer pong. Bud/light is cheap, and that's its only redeeming quality. Try something like Killian's Irish Red, Sam Adam's Cherry Wheat, or maybe Labatt Blue. They're not that bitter, and have some other flavors going on that you might enjoy.
  • DDRSkata, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1Couldn't find a beer I liked until I was pressured greatly into drinking Yuengling all day on the Fourth of July last year. I didn't immediately acquire a taste, but later that week, I found that I wanted one, and I've liked beer ever since. Yuengling is my favorite cheap beer. I have a soft spot for PBR, but a lot of people hate it. I also dig on some Duck Rabbit (especially their amber ale), Fat Tire, Skullsplitter, Smithwick's, and Asahi. But I'm in college, so I tend to drink whatever's around when I'm not at a bar.
  • DiggLord, on 07/11/2009, -1/+2Try Stone Double Bastard my friend!
  • timohackbarth, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1Ich auch.
  • CeruleanRed, on 07/12/2009, -1/+2My waste is powered by German Brew! What a mindbender!
  • NickDB, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1This is the internet - speak a bastardized version of something, that may have had a brief drunken affair with English's 2nd cousin twice removed.
  • Lewie, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1Here's a better one: Leinenkugel Berry Weiss.
  • abadonn, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1The most interesting and complex beer I have ever tasted is the Belgian Chimay Blue.
  • BotchaMcCoola, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1Right then, governor. (I guess he didn’t like my Brüno imitation.)
  • Leviathan433, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1Dugg for Futurama.
  • mcbigham, on 07/12/2009, -1/+2I knew you could live off only beer
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1Beer, the problem and answer to the energy crisis.
  • danieldantastic, on 07/12/2009, -2/+2This is an energy policy that everyone can get behind.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -1/+1BUDWEISER THE KING OF BEERS.
  • javaco, on 07/12/2009, -0/+0It's not just all about the taste. You*ve got also to consider the hangover resp. the anbsence of it the next morning.
    And one day you'ill find out, that Pilsners with a nice bitter taste of hops are the best ones.
    In one word: Bitburger
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -1/+1no god's juice is the shaman's yahey
  • inactive, on 07/11/2009, -2/+2Its called Reuse-ability.
  • zjbird, on 07/12/2009, -1/+1I don't think people got your joke. I thought it was funny anyway.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -2/+1this is america speak english
  • jbwages, on 07/11/2009, -5/+3Great... I bet it will taste like Guinness.
  • cornell77, on 07/12/2009, -4/+1It runs off piss?

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