By Vic DaSilva,
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 0l,” 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.

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