SINGAPOREANS LAUD THE BEER BREWED FROM USED TOILET WATER

  • 01/07/2022

“NEWBrew” is no ordinary beer. The new Singapore blond ale is made with recycled sewage.


PUB, the nation's water agency, and the neighbourhood craft brewery Brewerkz worked together to create the alcoholic beverage. NEWBrew was first presented at a water conference in 2018, and it was released to the public in April at Brewerkz locations and supermarkets.

Chew Wei Lian, 58, who had purchased the beer from a shop to try after hearing about it, declared that he "really couldn't tell this was made with toilet water." "As long as it's chilled, I don't mind having it. Because it tastes just like beer, which I enjoy.

NEWBrew uses NEWater, Singapore’s brand of drinking water recycled from sewage, which first flowed from treatment plants in 2003 to improve the island’s water security. PUB says the new beer is part of an effort to educate Singaporeans on the importance of sustainable water use and recycling.

The idea of processing sewage into drinking water, once largely resisted, has been gaining support in the past decade as the world’s supply of fresh water is increasingly under stress. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that 2.7 billion people find water scarce for at least one month a year.

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