He turns expired beer into Craft Beer Vinegar
Paul Booras created the company to promote upcyling and reduce the environmental impact of food waste
By Ann Trieger Kurland Globe Correspondent,Updated April 13, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
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Craft Beer Vinegars upcycled from discarded beer from craft breweries.Handout photo from Upcycle Edibles
Paul Booras travels from craft brewery-to-brewery collecting discarded beer brewers would otherwise dump. The cast-off beer comes from test recipes gone bad, a surplus, or just outdated inventory. Booras blends and upcycles the brew, turning it into a line of three vinegars he named Batch for his new company Upcycle Edibles. Booras is also the chief operating officer at Bostonâs Broadway Hospitality Group, who runs Tavern In The Square restaurants, and others. When the restaurants shuttered during the pandemic, he personally had to discard gallons of expired draft beers. Wasting the ale sparked an idea. âI saved a barrel and s