Chilling or toasting with beer, without worrying about the box, bottles or cans, will become easier in the future. As with certain juices, chocolate or flavored drinks, you should only have water and a teaspoon, as beer is already available in powder form.

Yes, as you read it: powdered beer! It’s not a joke. It is the proposal presented by Germany “to contribute to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions”, El Tiempo publishes.

Fifty (50) grams of powdered beer (two tablespoons) is what, they say, it takes to drink a glass of the frothy drink.

Powder beer to promote climate change

The idea of ​​the company Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle was born as a benchmark for the brewing industry in line with the theme of climate change.

A small powdered sachet reduces logistics and reduces the carbon footprint, as the German brewery experienced with ‘the world’s first powdered beer’. In Germany alone, you can save between three and five percent of CO2 emissions.

A German media outlet describes the brewing process: “In the future, the powder is planned to be produced in large factories and delivered to local water bottlers, who can mix it with the beer themselves and sell it as production beer.” .” local.

The fact that the powder only takes up about 10% of the contents of the bottle is considered good from a sustainability point of view, as it reduces the cost and environmental impact of transportation.”

Non-alcoholic beer for now

The idea, the Colombian press indicates, was born, “but the most important ingredient has yet to be added to the powder” for consumers: alcohol.

The brewery notes that it already has “the head and taste of beer”…and still works.

“The only variant available at the moment is alcohol-free, but otherwise it looks and tastes like beer,” brewery owner and CEO Helmut Fritsche told the Berliner Zeitung.

Peik Schauermann, brewmaster from Neuzelle, believes in the proposal. For the company’s detractors, they remind them of what was thought years ago when they started talking about Amazon or Tesla.

What does powdered beer taste like?

After testing the powdered beer, the media of the Berliner Zeitung described it as “extremely watery and without carbonation, as it is not (yet) possible to add carbon dioxide to the powder. The classic sour beer taste is barely perceptible and because the powder does not dissolve completely, lumps are formed in the beer.”

The beers they offer are already a Lager, Pilsner or black beer, La Tercera indicates.

To develop this idea, the family behind Neuzelle needs investors, rather than trust in beer powder. In this regard, El Tiempo reports: They are looking for partners in different countries. They could sell them the powder and they contribute to the packaging while the full transition to CO2 reduction takes place.