Beer By-Product Turned into Biofuel
June 24, 2015http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1506/S00273/beer-by-product-turned-into-biofuel.htm
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In New Zealand, DB Export attempts to make the country's first ever commercially viable biofuel from beer by-products. "DB Export Brewtroleum" will be made by mixing ethanol from beer by-products with normal petroleum.
Researchers found that ethanol could be stripped from the yeast slurry of the brewing process and distilled to produce bioethanol. Bioethanol from a by-product of dairy production is already available around New Zealand, and now DB Export has joined the crusade, with their bioethanol ready for testing in a few weeks.
Head of Domestic Beer Marketing, Sean O'Donnell said, "Brewtroleum was an idea sparked over a few beers, which presented the opportunity to take the natural by-product of the brewing process and turn it into something that can genuinely help the environment. What's more, men can help to save the world just by doing what they already love – drinking DB Export."
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