A French beer-making business, or brewery, is using a special kind of bacteria to turn their beer blue. The beer, sold under the name Line, is an alcoholic drink made by the Hoppy Urban Brew brewery. The brewery was looking for a way to make its drinks different from other kinds of beer. So, the beer maker partnered with Etika Spirulina. It is a business in northern France that wants to popularize its spirulina algae as a dietary aid. Sebastien Verbeke works at Hoppy Urban Brew. He told Reuters that the beer is selling well. It's getting an enormous amount of interest and curiosity on the part of the public, he said. The part of the spirulina that gives the beer its blue color is called phycocyanin. It is added to the beer during the beer-making process. Brewery worker Mathilde Vanmansart described the taste of the beer as hoppy, light, and a little fruity. She added that the only evidence of the added algae was the blue color. Xavier Delannoy owns the farm that provides the spirulina. He said after several tests, the brewery had found a mixture that pleased buyers. He said 1,500 bottles of the blue beer were sold between October and December last year. The brewery is now preparing to increase its production to meet demand.
Title: French Brewer Uses Algae to Make Blue 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/5439/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='French Brewer Uses Algae to Make Blue Beer' data-article-id='6029'><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='10188'>A French beer-making business, or brewery, is using a special kind of bacteria to turn their beer blue.</span> <span data-start-time='10188' data-end-time='19438'>The beer, sold under the name Line, is an alcoholic drink made by the Hoppy Urban Brew brewery. </span> <span data-start-time='19438' data-end-time='27896'>The brewery was looking for a way to make its drinks different from other kinds of beer. </span> <span data-start-time='27896' data-end-time='33063'>So, the beer maker partnered with Etika Spirulina. </span> <span data-start-time='33063' data-end-time='42542'>It is a business in northern France that wants to popularize its spirulina algae as a dietary aid.</span> <span data-start-time='42542' data-end-time='47792'>Sebastien Verbeke works at Hoppy Urban Brew. </span> <span data-start-time='47792' data-end-time='52667'>He told Reuters that the beer is selling well. </span> <span data-start-time='52667' data-end-time='61333'>It's getting an enormous amount of interest and curiosity on the part of the public, he said.</span> <span data-start-time='61333' data-end-time='68688'>The part of the spirulina that gives the beer its blue color is called phycocyanin. </span> <span data-start-time='68688' data-end-time='74167'>It is added to the beer during the beer-making process.</span> <span data-start-time='74167' data-end-time='85375'>Brewery worker Mathilde Vanmansart described the taste of the beer as hoppy, light, and a little fruity. </span> <span data-start-time='85375' data-end-time='92521'>She added that the only evidence of the added algae was the blue color.</span> <span data-start-time='92521' data-end-time='98563'>Xavier Delannoy owns the farm that provides the spirulina. </span> <span data-start-time='98563' data-end-time='107083'>He said after several tests, the brewery had found a mixture that pleased buyers.</span> <span data-start-time='107083' data-end-time='116708'>He said 1,500 bottles of the blue beer were sold between October and December last year. </span> <span data-start-time='116708' data-end-time='124063'>The brewery is now preparing to increase its production to meet demand.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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