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How A 500-Year Old German Brewery Started An Eco-Friendly Beer Trend
NEWS LINK / GERMANY (October, 2019) -- A 500-year-old brewery in Bavaria, Germany has become an unlikely leader in the eco-friendly beer making movement.The Hofmühl Brewery, founded by Catholic bishops in 1492, has reduced its carbon footprint by 40% over the past two...
Top 100 Solar-Powered Breweries
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 overview at...
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...