In a blog post directed to me by Brewsci.com’s invaluable CTO, Gizmodo reports that the Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, California is installing a system developed by EFuel that can turn sugar, water, and yeast into a high grade biofuel coined “ethanol”, through processes called fermentation and distilling (Is it just me or did this company sell something to Sierra Nevada that they already have?). This system
, called the EFuel100 MicroFueler, will take the millions of gallons of discarded yeast from the brewery and use it in combination with sugar which is relatively cheap and produce a biofuel that will cost about $1 a gallon. The best part of the EFuel100 MicroFueler is that it can take the old unsold beer from the brewery and convert it to a usable energy source. Furthermore, considering that Sierra Nevada’s Brewery is found close to the campus of Chico State University a walk through a frat house following a thirsty Thursday house party should yield the end of global warming.
