PULVERED beer is made by a German company – and it can lower the cost of a pint! Particles weigh much less than beer, making them cheap to deliver – before water is added to make a drink

A German brewery introduces the world’s first “complete” beer in powder form.

Neuzeller Klosterbräu in eastern Germany, which has been brewing for nearly 500 years, said it would launch the powder this year, The Times reported.

The product can reduce the weight of shipments by 90 percent because it does not need to be shipped in heavy bottles or in liquid form, with the cheaper delivery potentially affecting the price of the pints.

Stefan Fritsche, managing director of the brewery, said that Neuzeller had been developing the powder for the past two years with government funding.

The “dryest beer,” as it’s called, differs from other powdered beers introduced in recent years in that it’s carbonated and alcoholic.

In the photo: Neuzeller Klosterbräu brewery and the beers “Kloster-Malz” and “Schwarzer Abt”

“This is the world’s first powdered beer and it could change the world,” Fritsche told the Times.

“Add water and you get a beer with the full beer flavor including alcohol and carbonation and a head of foam. In principle, we can make any beer in the world with this method: dark beer, light beer, India Pale Ale, you name it.”

The company launched a non-alcoholic version of the light beer last week.

It said it is looking for partners to market alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions.

A reporter from the regional newspaper Märkische Oderzeitung said: “It tastes a bit malty like beer, only the alcohol is missing.”

Fritsche said inflation, the energy crisis and glass shortages, caused in part by the disruption in supplies from Russia and Ukraine during the conflict, make a strong case for powdered beer.

“There is no point in importing glass bottles, filling them with German water and then sending the beer to Africa or China or wherever,” he said.

The Brandenburg Neuzeller previously developed an anti-aging beer that was also sold in the US, Poland and South Korea.

Pictured: Neuzeller Klosterbräu Brewery. Stefan Fritsche, managing director of the brewery, said that Neuzeller had been developing the powder for the past two years with government funding.

According to the company, the beer can be used as a tonic before bathing.

Neuzeller won a lawsuit over the addition of sugar syrup to its specialty beer, Schwarzer Abt, in violation of the national purity law of 1516, which states that beer may contain only water, malt, hops and yeast.

Fritsche said powdered beer is only suitable for brewers catering to distant markets, and Germany’s mostly small and medium-sized brewers will continue to brew and bottle conventional beer for their local consumers.

He added: “We also know that classic beer drinkers and all craft beer lovers, especially in Germany, will be initially skeptical about our product.”

With the product, the company mainly targets companies overseas that do not need any brewing knowledge, but can convert the powder into beer for their end users.