AUDIO: SINGAPORE TOILET WATER BEER
There’s a new beer in Singapore, a blond ale made with recycled sewage water. The alcoholic beverage is a collaboration between the country’s national water agency and local craft brewery Brewerkz. First unveiled at a water conference in 2018, NEWBrew went on sale in supermarkets in April. The company says NEWBrew is part of an effort to educate Singaporeans on the importance of sustainable water use and recycling. The water used is made by disinfecting sewage with ultraviolet light and passing the liquid through advanced membranes to remove contaminant particles. How’s the taste? Said Chew Wei Lian, 58, who tried it after hearing about it, “I seriously couldn’t tell this was made of toilet water. It tastes just like beer, and I like beer.”
* Of course, it helps to have four or five other beers before you drink this beer.
* Talk about the circle of life. This is the circle of toilet water.
* So it’s not a light beer, it’s an ultraviolet light beer.
* They run it through a strainer and under a light bulb. Boy, that’s good enough for me!
* I bet the whole country is flush with excitement over this.
* How are they not doing this on the space station?
CLIP: It’s been done. Firesign Theater’s classic “Bear Whiz Beer.”
