A lot of businesses have had to close down due to the coronavirus, that means bars, restaurants, hair salons — you name it.

As it turns out some distilleries have figured out a way to make sure this stale beer doesn’t go to waste.

WhistlePig, a farmhouse distillery, is using stale beer to brew whiskey, Bloomberg reports. According to the news outlet, the distillery is receiving 6,500 gallons of stale beer a day.

The distillery explained to Bloomberg that even after beer goes stale, it’s still fermented grain. Since that’s a key ingredient for whiskey, the beer is still useable,  just not in the way it was originally intended.

That’s creative!

Fox News reported, the craft beer industry has struggled since the coronavirus outbreak hit, forcing lockdown orders across the country. While people can still order drinks to go, on-premise consumption has basically collapsed. Warehouses have now found themselves with an excess of kegs and little room to store them.

Supposedly, beer companies are willing to donate the stale beer free of cost. As it turns out, shipping the excess liquid to the distillery is actually cheaper than dealing with the waste fees that dumping the stale beer would cost.

Another benefit is that getting rid of the kegs frees up space in warehouses for cans and bottles, which are much more popular these days.

Pretty interesting!