Photos of the Day: Beer-Powered Beer

In this photo taken Jan 23, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska, Brandon Smith, the Alaskan Brewing Co.’s brewing operations and engineering manager, speaks to reporters about the company’s new boiler system. The brewery has installed a unique boiler system that burns the company’s spent grain the accumulated waste from the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the plant’s operations. (AP Photo/Joshua Berlinger)

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This photo taken Jan 23, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska, shows the bottling line inside the Alaskan Brewing Co. The brewery has installed a unique boiler system that burns the company’s dried, spent grain or waste accumulated by the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the plant’s operations. (AP Photo/Joshua Berlinger)

In this photo taken Jan 23, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska, steam billows from boilers at the Alaskan Brewing Co. The brewery has installed a unique boiler system that burns the company’s spent grain the accumulated waste from the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the brewery’s operations. (AP Photo/Joshua Berlinger)

In this photo taken Jan 23, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska, is the outside of the Alaskan Brewing Co. The brewery has installed a unique boiler system that burns the company’s dried, spent grain or waste accumulated by the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the plant’s operations. (AP Photo/Joshua Berlinger)

In this photo taken Jan 23, 2013, Brandon Smith, the brewing operations and engineering manager, checks on the boiler at the Alaskan Brewing Co. in Juneau, Alaska. The brewery has installed a unique boiler system that burns the company’s dried, spent grain or waste accumulated by the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the plant’s operations. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

In this photo taken Jan 23, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska, are six-packs of beer displayed at the Alaskan Brewing Co. The brewery has installed a unique boiler system that burns the company’s spent grain the accumulated waste from the brewing process into steam which powers the majority of the plant’s operations. (AP Photo/Joshua Berlinger)