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Beer-to-Ethanol Triple Threat Teams Karl Strauss, GreenHouse, and E-Fuel

The Karl Strauss Brewery, GreenHouse Energy, and the E-Fuel 100 MicroFueler have teamed up to convert waste yeast to ethanol.

Legendary San Diego microbrewery Karl Strauss has partnered with the GreenHouse alternative energy company and the E-Fuel MicroFueler to convert waste yeast from the brewery to ethanol.  When a microbrewer, a microfueler, and the inventor of the Nintendo Wii controller (Tom Quinn, CEO of E-Fuel) get together, there has to be a twist, and there is.  Instead of limiting the operation to ethanol conversion at the brewery, GreenHouse will collect the waste yeast from the brewery and transport it to participating homes and businesses.  Each will have the refrigerator-sized portable MicroFueler unit on site, enabling them to produce ethanol and pump it directly from the MicroFueler into their vehicles.

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