by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 15, 2020 | Renewable energy
STORY LINK / USA (August, 2019) — What’s better than a cold one underneath the scorching hot sun? A cold one brewed with POWER from the sun! That was the opening line of our first overview of solar-powered beer breweries, back in 2015. A modest Top 40...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 15, 2020 | Water conservation
STORY LINK / USA (June, 2019) — On average, it takes 7 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of beer. That number can easily climb to 10 gallons at less efficient breweries. Add in the rest of the supply chain, such as barley and hop growing, and that number...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 15, 2020 | Spent grains
STORY LINK / SAN FRANCISCO (September, 2019) — Expect to see more food products on shelves formulated with the leftover grain from beermaking. Brewers’ spent grain adds nutrition, flavor and functionality to a range of sweet and savory applications, said Dan Kurzrock,...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 14, 2020 | Malt, Hops, Ingredients
If you watched the Super Bowl maybe you caught the Michelob beer commercial that begins with a shot of a lone farmer standing in a field. His grain silos are looming in the distance. Then the voiceover tells beer drinkers how their dollars can help conventional...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 13, 2020 | Featured blogs, Packaging materials
When Russell Voss and his business partner Chris Ventimiglia opened NU Brewery last June, they wanted to do things a little differently. Launching with a light lager as their flagship beer was one way, and running a truly sustainable operation was definitely...