March/April 2017

Sustainability Issue

For the March/April 2017 The New Brewer, we present our Sustainability issue. In this issue, we explore the growing number of LEED-certified breweries, ways breweries can learn sustainability from nature, and the unusual collaboration between Avery Brewing Company and the city of Boulder, Colo. In addition, we offer a glimpse of Washington, D.C.’s breweries, brewpubs, and better beer bars for the Craft Brewers Conference preview.

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Sustainability Issue

Following the LEED: Brewers Focus on Sustainability

Pursuing LEED certification for its new brewery in Mills River, N.C., was an obvious choice for Sierra Nevada, as it has been for many other craft breweries.

Sustainability Issue

Featured Stories

Lessons from Nature to Green Your Brewery

Lea Elliott

Breweries are borrowing ideas from nature to green their breweries from the outside in, including building relationships and buying locally produced ingredients.

An Unlikely Pairing: Avery, City of Boulder Team Up

Chris Douville and Cole Sigmon

To beneficially reuse a so called waste product, a team from Avery Brewing Company and the city of Boulder, Colo., have partnered up to tackle wastewater.

Best Practices for Hop and Barley Growers

Ann George and Buzz Mattelin

Consumers expect safe and high quality food, with an increasing focus on sustainable production practices from the field to the retail outlet. This applies to hops and barley, too.

Bavarian Session Lagers: a New Twist on Classic Styles

Horst Dornbusch

If you’re looking for inspiration for session ales and lagers, look no further than Bavaria. It is within this drinking culture that we find the world’s most enduring quaffing beers.

Craft Beer in Blossom: Washington, D.C. Hosts CBC

Greg Kitsock

If you haven’t been to Washington, D.C., since the city hosted the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America in 2013, you have some catching up to do.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes all of our informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates, Distribution News, and Beer Releases sections; and new products and services from the allied trade in our Industry Supplier News department. In our back page interview, we highlight Heather Sanborn of Rising Tide Brewing Co., who was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2016.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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