by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 12, 2020 | Eco beer news
STORY LINK / USA (May, 2020) – If you speak with people in the beer industry about sustainable practices, one thing quickly becomes clear: Brewing, in general, is not an environmentally friendly business. “Beer is about as wasteful a product you can imagine,”...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 11, 2020 | Eco beer news, Malt, Hops, Ingredients, Recycling
STORY LINK / USA (May, 2020) – Think you need to throw out all that fragrant green sludge? Maybe you don’t. A few American brewers are experimenting with reusing spent dry hops, and the results are intriguing. “The United States changed dry hopping,” he says. At...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 8, 2020 | Eco beer news, Packaging materials, Podcast Appearances
In late July of last year (2019) I had the opportunity to discuss the problematic nature of plastic as it relates to the craft beer industry. It was inspired by an in-depth piece I wrote for the Mass. Brew Bros. blog, How to Be An Eco-Friendly Craft Beer Drinker....
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 7, 2020 | Eco beer news, Eco charity give back
STORY LINK / United Kingdom (May, 2020) – But one of the most notable things about BrewDog isn’t its marketing stunts, independent mindedness or even it award-winning brews – it’s the company’s social and environmental conscience. BrewDog makes it a mission to...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 6, 2020 | Eco beer news, Packaging materials
STORY LINK / TORONTO, CA (May, 2020) – One of Toronto’s local beer purveyors is working to reduce packaging while deliveries are at a high point. In the midst of this ongoing global crisis, it makes sense that environmentally-friendly actions that were...
