And though alcohol retailing is of course a Swedish state monopoly, he managed to make a success of his newly created beer-importing wholesale business.
As for water, although it's hard to quantify exactly how much is used to create beer – from the growing of hops and barley to the cleaning of brewing equipment – recent studies suggest it can take up to 300 litres of water to create just one litre of beer.
In Belgium and Holland, you can pay up to €1,000£72020) a kilo of hop shoots: the green tips of the hop plant – harvested from the parts of the plant that won't go on to produce the flowers used in creating beer.
When the government adjusted taxes, making happoshu more expensive, the big breweries counted on people's love of alcohol trumping their discerning palates, and beer companies fought back by creating beer with even less malt.
"If an emergency occurred, and all water was polluted," the youngster wrote in his proposal, "creating beer from it will disinfect it, and it is relatively cheaper than purifying it with special tablets that may not last.
Cleaning up Detroit, one discarded bookshelf and a two-by-four at a time, they use the materials to create beer holders that come with openers attached, as well as other clever novelty products.
Samuel Adams/Ben & Jerry's Make-at-Home Beer Floats: Samuel Adams brewer Jennifer Glanville and Ben & Jerry's "flavor guru" Eric Fredette teamed up recently to create beer floats using products from their brands -- and shared two of their recipes, which you can see below.
Hops don't only work to create beer, but are also great for creating that lethargic feeling you need for sleep.
"We're going to have a lot of fun brewing and creating beers with our Swedish team," he said.
At the Good Robot Brewing Co, the female brew team of Erica Fraser and Kelly Costello create beers with locally foraged herbs and medicinal plants.
