Joris Hoebe is an entrepreneur in the Netherlands. He was already working on projects to help Amsterdam be more like a sponge. The projects aimed to help the city capture and use more rainwater before it goes into the sewer system and out to sea. Hoebe also enjoys making beer at home. He thought he might be able to capture rainwater and use it to make beer. Well, I thought 'I need water to make beer and we have this problem of these heavy rainfalls, so why don't we combine these two?' When Hoebe makes beer, he does not need too much water. But larger beer makers do need a lot of water. It takes about five liters of water to make one liter of beer. Because water is a significant expense for a brewery, anything the small brewery can do to limit that cost is helpful. So Hoebe thought he might be able to talk a small brewery into using rainwater to make beer.
Title: When It Rains, Make Beer
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/beer.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='When It Rains, Make Beer' data-article-id='1770'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5042'>Joris Hoebe is an entrepreneur in the Netherlands.</span> <span data-start-time='5042' data-end-time='12708'>He was already working on projects to help Amsterdam be more like a sponge.</span> <span data-start-time='12708' data-end-time='24729'>The projects aimed to help the city capture and use more rainwater before it goes into the sewer system and out to sea.</span> <span data-start-time='24729' data-end-time='29313'>Hoebe also enjoys making beer at home.</span> <span data-start-time='29313' data-end-time='36458'>He thought he might be able to capture rainwater and use it to make beer.</span> <span data-start-time='36458' data-end-time='45042'>Well, I thought 'I need water to make beer and we have this problem of these heavy rainfalls, so why don't we combine these two?'</span> <span data-start-time='45042' data-end-time='50604'>When Hoebe makes beer, he does not need too much water.</span> <span data-start-time='50604' data-end-time='55563'>But larger beer makers do need a lot of water.</span> <span data-start-time='55563' data-end-time='61688'>It takes about five liters of water to make one liter of beer.</span> <span data-start-time='61688' data-end-time='72938'>Because water is a significant expense for a brewery, anything the small brewery can do to limit that cost is helpful.</span> <span data-start-time='72938' data-end-time='81813'>So Hoebe thought he might be able to talk a small brewery into using rainwater to make beer.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/beer.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6886 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/what_does_entrepreneur_mean.m4a'>What does entrepreneur mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a person who starts a business '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/to_say_or_write_that_you_are_unhappy.m4a'><span>to say or write that you are unhappy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/brief_fall_of_rain_or_snow_over_a_small_area.m4a'><span>brief fall of rain or snow over a small area</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/a_person_who_starts_a_business_.m4a'><span>a person who starts a business </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/something_that_absorbs_liquid.m4a'><span>something that absorbs liquid</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6887 data-hint-location='55563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/how_much_water_is_needed_to_make_one_liter_of_beer.m4a'>How much water is needed to make one liter of beer?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='5 liters'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/20_liters.m4a'><span>20 liters</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/15_liters.m4a'><span>15 liters</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/10_liters.m4a'><span>10 liters</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1262/5_liters.m4a'><span>5 liters</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question 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