Green beer, not green beer

The new food industry blog Daily Blender gave me an idea with a post on the carbon footprint of bottled water. Having recently switched from delivered water to Philly’s finest tap water, I began to wonder what the most environmentally responsible way was to enjoy my beer.
Fortunately for me, others have already addressed the details. Apparently, reusable bottles which are refilled have the smallest carbon footprint, as is still common in Germany if not the rest of Europe. According to this post (mixing Green beer with green beer – in the St. Patrick’s sense of the word) returnable bottles are …read more