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12 Breweries Combatting Water Waste With Beer
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 increases...
Snack Maker Innovating With Brewers Spent Grain
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,...
The Beer, Booze, And Bread Community Is Organizing a ‘Northeast Grain Shed’
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...
These New England Breweries Are Replacing Plastic Can Carriers With Eco-Friendly Ones
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...
Worthy Brewing Celebrates Earth Day with Tenmile Dry Hopped Lager
PR / BEND, OREGON (April, 2020) -- With Earth Day approaching, Worthy Brewing is proud to announce the release of Tenmile Dry Hopped Lager. If ever a brewery has a defining moment, with a beer whose flavor, packaging and art embody its mission, this is The One....
Maui, Mad Mole, Canal Park Breweries win “Brews From the Sun” Awards
NEWS STORY / USA (June, 2019) -- Breweries are going solar! This year 44 breweries competed in the second annual Brews from the Sun competition, with more than 13,000 people voting on their favorite breweries that are powered by solar. The Brews from the...
Colorado Wants Craft Breweries To Capture The CO2 Their Brews Burp Out, And Make Some Cash From It
It was a close call for Denver, but liquor stores are still open across Colorado despite COVID-19. That means local breweries will still make their beer. In a large warehouse in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver Beer Co. brews around 20,000 barrels a...
Oregon Launches First Statewide Refillable Bottle System In U.S.
STORY LINK / (September, 2018) -- Thousands of thicker, heavier beer bottles are popping up on store shelves across Oregon as part of the first statewide refillable bottle system in the country, and supporters are hoping it might catch on in other states, too. At...
From brewery to farm: Using spent grain for livestock feed and lessons learned from Farmer John
NEWS LINK / (MARCH, 2020) -- Farmer John Stahl used his leg as a fulcrum to swivel a 300-pound barrel of grain from his flatbed truck to a tractor bucket. “There’s a technique to moving these heavy barrels,” said Stahl, who’s handled more than 10 barrels of grain each...
They’d rather talk about beer. But wastewater is the hot topic for R.I. brewers.
NEWS LINK / NEWPORT, RI (February, 2020) — When Brent Ryan and three of his college buddies opened Rhode Island’s first microbrewery in 1999, they didn’t give any thought to all the used water full of yeast, sugars and bits of hops that they’d be emptying into the...