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Water is the Most Crucial, Most Overlooked Beer Ingredient
STORY LINK / USA (April, 2020) -- Without water, there is no beer. Depending on its style, beer is upwards of 95% water. And water is vitally important to keep brewing equipment sanitary. Yet, a beer’s water is often overshadowed by other ingredients. Beer drinkers...
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10 Minutes With Architect Hiroshi Nakamura On Designing A Sustainable, Zero-Waste Wooden Building [That is Made From Recovered Materials and Houses A Brewery & Pub]
STORY LINK / KAMIKATSU, JAPAN (April, 2020) -- Kamikatsu in Tokushima prefecture is committed to zero waste, aiming to become a sustainable recycling society. The town has already attained an 80 % recycling rate by sorting its waste into 34 categories. Used items...
CO2 Shortage, Rising Prices Could Mean Less Beer Bubbles for Craft Breweries
PR / WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (April, 2020) -- Brewers and soft-drink makers use carbon dioxide, or CO2, for carbonation, which gives beer and soda fizz. Ethanol producers are a key provider of CO2 to the food industry, as they capture that gas as a byproduct of ethanol...
Celebrating Eco-Friendly Practices of Craft Breweries on Earth Day
STORY LINK / USA (April, 2020) -- In the craft brewery world, breweries are also doing their part to be more eco-friendly. Several breweries run on solar power. Many breweries partner with farms to send their spent grain for animal feed. Others invest in expensive...
New Dirty Water Rule puts Sebago Lake and Maine’s drinking water at risk
Trump administration action defies common sense and sound science PR / PORTLAND, MAINE (April, 2020) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers have now revoked federal protection for thousands of waterways across the country and in...
Breweries Continue to Honor Earth Day with Sustainability Initiatives
STORY LINK / USA (April, 2020) -- Craft brewing, which began its slow crawl to modern times in the late 80s when environmentalism was just as important to many young people as it is today, has always been a leader in sustainability, with many of the earliest successes...
10 Breweries Where Every Day Seems Like Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! Or as the United Nations (UN) and much of the rest of the world prefers, International Mother Earth Day. On such a truly special occasion, the 50th anniversary of the designation, it's a safe bet that plenty of environmentalists will be celebrating...
Von Ebert Brewing Releases Blameless Muse Heritage Beer Made With Foraged Oregon Ingredients
PR / PORTLAND, OR (APRIL, 2020) — Von Ebert Brewing, the award-winning and locally owned, Portland-based brewing company, will release Blameless Muse, its latest bottled heritage beer. Named after a line in the William Wordsworth poem, Yarrow Revisited, Blameless Muse...
These Certified B Corp Breweries Value People and Planet as Much as Profits
UPDATED in March, 2022 If you’re lucky enough to live in a city or town that has its own craft brewery you probably realize how much a taproom or brewpub contributes to the local economy and community. So with March being National B Corp Month, it’s the perfect time...
Minnesota researchers, cities seek cleaner ways to treat wastewater
NEWS LINK / MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (April, 2020) -- The U has been testing this process with Fulton Brewing Co. to treat the spent yeast and other by-products on site. The early results are promising, researchers said. Rather than releasing carbon dioxide, the...