SABMiller vows to cut water use in beer

Brewing giant SABMiller today confirmed it will open its new £3m research brewery in Nottingham next month as it tries to reduce the amount of water required to make a pint of beer.

In addition to the growing of barley and hops, which requires as much as 150 pints of water per pint in a warm climate such as South Africa, the brewing process on its own uses five pints of water to brew one pint of beer.