Monastic brewer makes instant beer powder
Marie Donlon | March 27, 2023An instant beer powder has reportedly been developed by a German monastic brewery in what is being called a world’s first.
The German monastery based-brewery Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle has developed a zero-alcohol, high dextrin beer that is initially brewed like traditional beers but then further processed and transformed into a powder that will dissolve when added to water.
Source: Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle
According to its developers, the process for creating this beer is shorter than traditional beer-making processes and uses less energy and fewer natural resources.
Further, the beer is lighter to transport in powder form, shipping at just 10% the weight of liquid beer.
The powdered beer is currently being trialed in smaller markets through mid-2023 and the brewers are now attempting to develop an alcohol-based version of the powdered beer.
Probably about as good as Sanka was to coffee.
Not all of us need/want the alcohol, and maybe can add vodka to control it. Does it work in a SodaStream? Antioxidant to control flavor? Will annoy the naturalorganic people. Success will depend on marketing and price, which depends on whom they license. I'm all for it.