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Brewery creates beer with sewage water

Written by Teunis Felter

San Diego’s Stone Brewing, the nation’s ninth-largest brewery, has unveiled a beer made with treated sewage water. The recycled-water pale ale is called Full Circle. Stone made five barrels of the beer using water treated at the city’s Pure Water demonstration plant. Stone’s chief operating officer, Pat Tiernan, said the purified recycled water is actually better than what the brewery uses now. Full Circle is not currently for sale, but Stone Brewing execs are flush with expectation.

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.