French Brewers Use Algae To Make Blue Beer

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5 February 2022 18:36 WIB

A glass filled with the Line blue beer, which is made with spirulina algae, is displayed on a table inside the Hoppy Urban Brew (HUB) brewery in Roubaix near Lille, France, January 31, 2022. French brewer has started using algae with a naturally-occurring pigment to turn their beer blue. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

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Hoppy Urban Brew (HUB) worker Mathilde Vanmansart pours a bottle of the Line blue beer, which is made with spirulina algae, into a glass during an interview with Reuters inside the brewery in Roubaix near Lille, France, January 31, 2022. The beer, with the brand name "Line", is the result of a tie-up between a firm that wants to popularise the algae as a dietary supplement, and a nearby craft brewery that was looking for a way to make its beverages more distinctive. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

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Hoppy Urban Brew (HUB) worker Sebastien Verbeke fills a bottle of the Line blue beer, which is made with spirulina algae, in the brewery in Roubaix near Lille, France, January 31, 2022. The beer is selling well, said Sebastien Verbeke, an employee of Hoppy Urban Brew, which makes the drink. "It's getting an enormous amount of interest and curiosity on the part of the public," he said. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

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A keg of the Line blue beer is filled as Hoppy Urban Brew (HUB) worker Alexis Cardot fills bottles of the beer, which is made with spirulina algae, in the brewery in Roubaix near Lille, France, January 31, 2022. Tasting a freshly produced bottle of the beer, brewery employee Mathilde Vanmansart described it as hoppy, light, and with fruity notes, while the only evidence of the added algae was the distinctive colour. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

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Hoppy Urban Brew (HUB) worker Mathilde Vanmansart drinks a glass of the Line blue beer, which is made with spirulina algae, during an interview with Reuters inside the brewery in Roubaix near Lille, France, January 31, 2022. PThe component of the spirulina that gives the blue colour, called phycocyanin, is then added to the beer during the brewing process. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

5 Februari 2022 00:00 WIB

Bottles of the Line blue beer, which is made with spirulina algae, are displayed on a table inside the Hoppy Urban Brew (HUB) brewery in Roubaix near Lille, France, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

5 Februari 2022 00:00 WIB