PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you feel like you’ve tried just about every beer on the market, a California-based company is bringing brews made from an unexpected ingredient: recycled water.
Epic Cleantec has announced that it will begin distributing its Shower Hour IPA and Laundry Club Kölsch across several states.
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The San Francisco-based business describes itself as a “pioneer in onsite water reuse solutions for the real estate industry.” It partnered with the San Carlos-based Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company to create the new products that feature shower and laundry water from the buildings that use Epic’s on-site purification systems.
“As water and infrastructure challenges grow worldwide, buildings continue to discard perfectly good water with tremendous potential for reuse,” Epic Co-Founder and CEO Aaron Tartakovsky said in a release. “By creating Shower Hour IPA and Laundry Club Kölsch, we’re giving people a fun and approachable way to see recycled water in a new light. If a single great beer can change minds, imagine the impact of these advanced water reuse technologies when deployed at scale.”
According to the business, buildings worldwide use about 15% of potable water — but “almost none” recycle it. Epic argues that its reuse practices improve the efficiency of water systems…