Open Source Beer

By Vic DaSilva
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Capturing the essence of open source software, a group of students in Copenhagen posted a beer recipe on the Internet and invited everyone to develop, brew and sell their product. The open source beer is an experiment in applying modern open source ideas and methods on a traditional real-world product. The beer is called “Vores Øl,” which means “Our Beer,” which is a traditionally brewed beer that is enhanced with guarana, for its natural caffeine boosting properties. Version 1.0 is a medium strong beer (6% vol) with a deep golden red color and an original but familiar taste. The students have also designed a bottle, a label for the beer and developed a marketing campaign. The recipe and the whole brand of Our Beer is published under a Creative Commons license, allowing anyone to use their recipe to brew the beer or to create a derivative of their recipe.

“You are free to earn money from Our Beer, but you have to publish the recipe under the same license (e.g. on your website or on our forum) and credit our work. You can use all our design and branding elements, and are free to change them at will provided you publish your changes under the same license.”

They are hoping with development of the recipe that perhaps one day it will become the Linux of beers

For the recipe and more info Source: Toronto Star