People Are Divided Over This Beer Made With Human Urine

<div><p>We've seen lots of chefs and food producers<a href="https://www.shared.com/taco-bell-is-turning-chicken-into-your-favorite-snack/" target="_blank"> pushing the envelope lately</a>. It seems like everyone is desperate for attention, leading to some <a href="https://www.shared.com/coca-colas-newest-soda-will-send-you-to-the-bathroom/" target="_blank">bizarre creations</a> and <a href="https://www.shared.com/baseball-fans-are-bugging-out-over-this-insanely-popular-snack/" target="_blank">stomach-churning snacks</a>.</p><p>But of all the unusual recipes we've featured, this new beer is definitely #1.</p><p>Pisner beer is the creation of Denmark's farmer's council, and it has a surprising twist that makes it very eco-friendly. Only 60,000 bottles of the special brew will be released, but the drink's key ingredient means demand might not be very high.</p><div><figure><a href="http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/grub/2017/05/05/05-pisner-urine-beer.w710.h473.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/05-pisner-urine-beer-w710-h473.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/05-pisner-urine-beer-w710-h473_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/05-pisner-urine-beer-w710-h473_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/grub/2017/05/05/05-pisner-urine-beer.w710.h473.jpg" target="_blank">Ní¸rrebro Bryghus</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>In 2015, the farmer's council collected urine from guests at the Roskilde Festival, one of Northern Europe's biggest outdoor music events.</p><p>No, the 50,000 liters of waste collected from the event weren't mixed into the beer. But it was processed and used as fertilizer for the barley the beer is brewed from.</p><p>People are understandably pretty skeptical about this process, which the farmer's council calls "beercycling," but animal urine is actually a very common fertilizer for beer ingredients.</p><p>"Just as we have seen shops sell goods that would otherwise have been thrown out, beercycling allows us to recycle a product that is normally flushed down the drain," the council's CEO Karen Hí¦kkerup <a href="https://www.thelocal.dk/20170411/danish-farmers-brew-beer-from-festival-guest-urine" target="_blank">says</a>.</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="ctlL7aloBFs"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>In spite of the confused first impressions the drink is causing, some people are happy to try it and reviews have been pretty good.</p><p>One sampler <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/danish-brewery-pisner-urine-beer-beercycling-1.4101819" target="_blank">said</a> "If it had tasted even a bit like urine, I would put it down, but you don't even notice," but then again he might be biased, because he actually attended the Roskilde festival and "contributed" to the beer.</p><p>Pisner goes on sale in June, so if you're brave enough get ready to place your order before it's sold out. </p><p><strong>Is this a good idea, or just gross? Share this story and let us know!</strong></p></div>