A brewery in Greenland has announced plans to produce beer using pure water, from the Arctic ice cap, believed to have been frozen for over 2,000 years.

A report by BBC said the Inuit microbrewery claims it will melt water from the ice cap that is free of minerals and pollutants.

The brewery has the initial capability to produce 17,414 gallons of the new dark and pale ales for distribution in Sweden.

It claims the beer has 5.5 percent alcohol content and cost about $5.40 per 500 ml (1 pint) bottle. Bottling of the beer will be done in Germany.

Inuit owner Steen Outzen said that once the brewery is in full operations, it will have the capacity to produce 105,540 gallons of beer per year. This early, Outzen said he is planning of expanding his market.

He said, "We've got inquiries from the US and from Germany and we will probably be launching it on the German market in, let's say, six months."

Inuit microbrewery is located in Narsaq, Greenland, a hamlet 390 miles of the Arctic Circle.