Greenland Brewhouse makes ale from ice cap

by Joe DiStefano, Posted Aug 7th 2006 @ 1:05PM

Talk about ice beer. A brewery in Greenland is making ale from water melted from the island's ice cap.

Greenland Brewhouse's ale also has the distinction of being made from some ancient water, 2,000 years to be exact. The Inuit microbrewery in the village of Narsaq has just released the first 17,200 gallons of a dark and a pale ale.

The beer was officialy launched in Copenhagen last week where one local drinker called it smooth and soft, but not bitter. It might be smooth and soft, but at 5.5 percent alcohol it packs a bit of a kick. The ale will be sold in Denmark and Greenland. Several American companies have also shown interest. The brewery also plans a Christmas beer and hopes to release a fourth style next year.

I'm as concerned about global warming as everyone else but I'm pretty sure the brewery won'trun out of waterr anytime soon. Greenland's ice cap is up to 11,000 feet thick.

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