French Brewer Uses Algae to Make Blue Beer
2022-02-07
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1A French beer-making business, or brewery, is using a special kind of bacteria to turn their beer blue.
2The beer, sold under the name Line, is an alcoholic drink made by the Hoppy Urban Brew brewery.
3The brewery was looking for a way to make its drinks different from other kinds of beer.
4So, the beer maker partnered with Etika Spirulina.
5It is a business in northern France that wants to popularize its spirulina algae as a dietary aid.
6Sebastien Verbeke works at Hoppy Urban Brew.
7He told Reuters that the beer is selling well.
8"It's getting an enormous amount of interest and curiosity on the part of the public," he said.
9The part of the spirulina that gives the beer its blue color is called phycocyanin.
10It is added to the beer during the beer-making process.
11Brewery worker Mathilde Vanmansart described the taste of the beer as hoppy, light, and a little fruity.
12She added that the only evidence of the added algae was the blue color.
13Xavier Delannoy owns the farm that provides the spirulina.
14He said after several tests, the brewery had found a mixture that pleased buyers.
15He said 1,500 bottles of the blue beer were sold between October and December last year.
16The brewery is now preparing to increase its production to meet demand.
17I'm Jonathan Evans.
1A French beer-making business, or brewery, is using a special kind of bacteria to turn their beer blue. 2The beer, sold under the name Line, is an alcoholic drink made by the Hoppy Urban Brew brewery. The brewery was looking for a way to make its drinks different from other kinds of beer. So, the beer maker partnered with Etika Spirulina. It is a business in northern France that wants to popularize its spirulina algae as a dietary aid. 3Sebastien Verbeke works at Hoppy Urban Brew. He told Reuters that the beer is selling well. "It's getting an enormous amount of interest and curiosity on the part of the public," he said. 4The part of the spirulina that gives the beer its blue color is called phycocyanin. It is added to the beer during the beer-making process. 5Brewery worker Mathilde Vanmansart described the taste of the beer as hoppy, light, and a little fruity. She added that the only evidence of the added algae was the blue color. 6Xavier Delannoy owns the farm that provides the spirulina. He said after several tests, the brewery had found a mixture that pleased buyers. 7He said 1,500 bottles of the blue beer were sold between October and December last year. The brewery is now preparing to increase its production to meet demand. 8I'm Jonathan Evans. 9Ardee Napolitano reported on this story for the Reuters news service. Jonathan Evans adapted this story for Learning English. 10______________________________________________ 11Words in This Story 12algae -n. a group of very small, single-celled organisms that include plants and bacteria 13enormous -adj. very big in size or amount 14curiosity -n. the desire to learn more about something or someone