Green & Organic Beer

Alaskan Brewing Co. Committed to Helping Pacific Coastline

by Luke

The Alaskan Brewing Co. has created the Coastal CODE (Clean Oceans Depend on Everyone) to encourage everyone to keep our oceans healthy. The small craft brewery located in the coastal community of Juneau, Alaska, is committing 1% of proceeds from its newly released Alaskan IPA to the Coastal CODE Fund, created in partnership with The [...]

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Organic Hops Make Making Organic Beer Tougher

by Luke

Organic brew news is coming across the wire like crazy today! Domestic sales of organic food and drink grew from $1 billion in 1990 to $14 billion in 2006, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Organic beer still represents less than 1 percent of U.S. beer sales, but those sales doubled to $19 million [...]

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A Santa Cruz Brewery Goes Organic

by Luke

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Co. run by the husband and wife team of Chad Brill and Emily Thomas, is officially brewing entirely organic brews now – an emerging trend in the brewing industry (think Peaks Organic, or Wolavers, who distributes organic beer nationally)… well, in the U.S. as a whole, I guess. According to The San [...]

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Sierra Nevada Going Green

by Luke

By the end of September the Sierra Nevada Brewery will be almost entirely self-sufficient. Currently the brewery is in the process of “going green,” focusing on sustainability. As of now, the brewery has four fuel cells operating 70 to 75 percent of the facility’s power, Sustainability Coordinator Cheri Chastain said. The brewery has spent the [...]

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