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BEER MADE FROM RECYCLED SHOWER WATER?

Epic Cleantec, a water-recycling company in San Francisco, with help from Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company, a local brewery, is making beer from water recycled from showers, laundry, and bathroom sinks. It is called Epic OneWater Brew. Although they have had many people tasting the beer, they are not ready to market it as a saleable product because they need further testing to comply with applicable commercial regulations on recycled water. What is interesting is that the author of the article and 99% of people who tasted the beer liked it. Epic Cleantec is focusing on the broader issue of water recycling because of the historical droughts in California. Aaron Tartakovsky, one of the company’s owners, said this about the water they were using for their beer, which is tested both onsite and at an outside lab: “A lot of times at a brewery, you turn on the tap and whatever water you get, that’s what you brew with. In our case, we have so much control over the treatment process that we were actually able to treat to tweak some of the steps to give the brewers a blank canvas.” The company is also operating San Francisco’s first approved greywater recycling system. After January 1, 2022, new buildings are required to install onsite water reuse systems and the company owners say they can help these recycling projects use up to 95% of their water.