The importance of water stewardship for international brewers – Category Intel

Given its reliance on water, the global drinks industry needs to be wary of its usage levels, not only from an environmental perspective but also on a consumer expectation basis. In beer, the major brand owners are all too aware of this, but some are in better shape than others. According to Trevor Stirling and Nadine Sarwat, beverages analysts at Bernstein, it takes around three litres of water to make one litre of beer. The “missing” two litres are lost along the way, either with spent grain or through the cleaning processes for product packaging and brewing equipment. Brewers’ atte