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Farmers Save Over 2 Billion Gallons of Water, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 26.6% in One Growing Season Through Indigo Ag and Anheuser-Busch Partnership
PR / ST. LOUIS & MEMPHIS, TN. (May, 2020) -- Indigo Agriculture, a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, and Anheuser-Busch, the country’s leading brewer, today announced the results of their effort to produce rice...
This Social Enterprise Brews Beer From Leftover Bread to Tackle Food Waste
STORY LINK / LONDON, ENGLAND (May, 2020) - With its signature beer made from surplus bread, Toast Ale is at the forefront of the fight against food waste, and the movement to make the food industry more sustainable. Whilst visiting the Brussels Beer Project, and...
Ball Announces National Partnership With Acosta for Retail and On-Premise Launch of the Ball Aluminum Cup™
PR / Broomfield, CO, (May, 2020) -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) today announced that it has named Acosta, a leading sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods industry, to exclusively represent the company's aluminum cups in retail and...
How Will Climate Change Affect Craft Brewers?
Sometimes a problem is so expansive or daunting that it's best to put it in practical terms people can easily relate to. So here it is beer drinkers: if the current rate of climate change isn't significantly slowed in the very near future, some of the ingredients in...
Mad River Brewing Unveils First Logo Under Yurok Ownership Emblem, Honors Company’s Original Ethos, Tribal Heritage
PR / Humboldt County, CA (May, 2020) - The Mad River Brewing Company’s award-winning craft ales will soon brandish an incredible new illustration that honors the business’s deep roots in Humboldt County, while clearly identifying it as a distinctly Yurok Tribe-owned...
Lion Becomes Australia’s First Carbon Neutral Brewer
In November 2019, Lion signalled its intent to achieve Climate Active certification in 2020. PR / AUSTRALIA (May 2020) - Lion is proud to announce that it has become Australia’s first large-scale carbon neutral brewer. By complementing its ambitious carbon reduction...
How Beer Brewers are Embracing Sustainability
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,” says Joe...
Elements of Beer: Recycling Hops in the Brewhouse
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...
Branding Brews Podcast: A Deep Dive Into the Troubling Use of Unsustainable Plastics in Craft Beer
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....
Examining BrewDog’s sustainable ethos
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 help...