Category Archives: Environmental

Can’t Sell Your Beer? Turn It into Fuel

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Chemists at the University of Bristol in England have taken the first steps toward making sustainable gasoline using beer as a key ingredient.

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A-B to Put Solar Panels on All Its Craft Breweries

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Solar panels will be put on all Anheuser-Busch craft breweries next year, and the company will transition those breweries to 100%

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‘It’s Kind of Like Liquid Composting:’ Deschutes Tests 2 Wastewater Systems

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

The brewery is testing how a small amount of its wastewater — full of hops and yeast — reacts in two pilot treatment plants built into shipping containers at the brewery’s Bend headquarters. Results

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A-B Signs Major Green Energy Agreement

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Anheuser-Busch agreed to purchase 152.5 megawatts of wind power.  That’s enough to produce more than 20 billion 12-ounce servings of beer a year and is about 50% of A-B’s total purchased electricity. That’s enough energy to power 50,000 U.S. households … Continue reading →

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3 Denver Breweries to Use Recycled Water to Brew Beer

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Lone Tree Brewing Co., Lost Highway Brewing Co. and 105 West Brewing Co., tomorrow will receive 330 gallons of direct potable reuse water produced by a mobile advanced water treatment plant in part designed by CH2M, a Colorado engineering firm, … Continue reading →

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Amarula To Donate $1 From Every Bottle Sold in the U.S. To Help Save African Elephants

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Amarula, the South African cream liqueur, will donate $1 to the non-profit organization, WildlifeDIRECT for every bottle sold in the U.S. The funds will support WildlifeDIRECT’s on-the-ground conservation efforts to protect African elephants, and the promotion will continue through the … Continue reading →

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