00:00This Berlin brewery is taking an innovative approach to sustainability.
00:06Alongside using solar panels on the roof to source a large portion of their brewing power,
00:11they also support local businesses.
00:15The beer is completely natural and contains no preservatives or chemicals
00:20and each can sold is less than six months old.
00:25A big chunk of our grains that we source are from not too far away in Bamberg,
00:30this area, Germany, southern central Germany.
00:33That grain is used for the brewing process and once it's expended we save it.
00:40It's picked up by a local farmer that's only a few kilometres away from here
00:43and he used that because it still has a lot of protein in it as feed for his cows
00:48which are then used and sold locally for beef.
00:52The level of grain for the farmer depends on how much was brewed that week.
00:56The art of brewing can be very volatile.
01:23So we package all of our single serving beers in cans instead of bottles
01:28because we ship so much of it outside of Germany to the rest of Europe,
01:3234 countries actually, and cans take up half the weight, half the space of glass,
01:37so we're only shipping can weight.
01:39It's also 100% recyclable and there's a higher recycling rate in Germany
01:44of aluminium than there actually is for glass.
01:47It's infinitely recyclable.
01:49The brewery releases new styles of beers every few weeks.
01:54The collaboration between the farmer and the brewery has been going on for three years
01:58since the brewery first opened shop.
02:01It's a tradition that spans back to the farmer's father
02:04who originally fed the cows in the farm the spent warts,
02:08beer powered meat, food without waste.
02:12Liv Stroud in Berlin for Euronews.
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