Green beer, but not dyed

three beers

Right here in NYC, our very own Brooklyn Brewery uses 100% certified wind power electricity, and another east coast brew-crew, Peak Organic, is, well, organic.

But a Colorado company is taking leaps and bounds in the direction of lowering the environmental impact of their brewing. New Belgium has many energy saving features built into their factory like windows that automatically open based on temperature, waste steam that preheats incoming water, and an onsite water-treatment facility that creates methane for electricity generation. They get the rest of their power from local wind farms, and buy carbon offsets on the CCX.

The next thing they are working on? Partnering with a biodiesel algae farm to put to use the concentrated CO2 that brewing beer makes.

Popular Mechanics has a slew of other awesome green design, like an eco disco floor.


Posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 7:24 pm | Tagged in Biofuel, Energy Efficiency, Food, Sustainability | posted by Marc

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