Comments on: Drinking Craft Beer is Good for the Environment! http://matadorchange.com/drinking-craft-beer-is-good-for-the-environment Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:29:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hal http://matadorchange.com/drinking-craft-beer-is-good-for-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-3749 Hal Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:23:01 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=750#comment-3749 I definitely follow the "go local" approach. I typically ask waiters/bartenders what the most local brew they serve is and go with that. I definitely follow the “go local” approach. I typically ask waiters/bartenders what the most local brew they serve is and go with that.

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]]> By: Julie Schwietert http://matadorchange.com/drinking-craft-beer-is-good-for-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-3747 Julie Schwietert Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:29:48 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=750#comment-3747 Jacob- While I was using "craft" in the same manner the Wend author defined it in his article, you raise some important points. As with any other process of purchasing and consuming, it behooves us, as buyers, to do due diligence. Just as "independent" cinema isn't always indie (to name one example), craft beer isn't always local, isn't always environmentally friendly, and isn't always so distant from the big breweries. It's always a good idea, if you care about these sorts of things, to research the background of the product you want to buy, as well as the company that makes it. Jacob-

While I was using “craft” in the same manner the Wend author defined it in his article, you raise some important points. As with any other process of purchasing and consuming, it behooves us, as buyers, to do due diligence. Just as “independent” cinema isn’t always indie (to name one example), craft beer isn’t always local, isn’t always environmentally friendly, and isn’t always so distant from the big breweries. It’s always a good idea, if you care about these sorts of things, to research the background of the product you want to buy, as well as the company that makes it.

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]]> By: Jacob B. http://matadorchange.com/drinking-craft-beer-is-good-for-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-3741 Jacob B. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:26:07 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=750#comment-3741 "Craft" is a generalized term that typically refers to breweries that employ 50 or fewer people. However, breweries such as Rogue, Sierra Nevada, and others are more than happy to violate #2, pushing small, inefficient amounts of there beer to anyone who is interested. Another note: with limited, obvious exceptions (Budweiser in St. Louis), many "large" breweries contract their brewing to local, craft breweries that otherwise couldn't pay the bills. In addition to "La Crosse Lager" my local brewery (in La Crosse) also makes Smirnoff Ice. Final note: a lot of "craft" breweries are actually carefully hidden subsidiaries of the beer giants (SABMiller, MolsonCoors, InBevAnheuserBusch). For example Leinenkugels', though still operating a "small" brewery in Chippewa Falls, is owned by SABMiller; the recipes seen all over the U.S. (Summer Shandy, Sunset Wheat, etc.) are NOT made at the Chippewa Falls location. This doesn't mean that Leinie's a "bad" beer, but it does make the label of "craft" a bit of a misnomer (with regard to these published positives). People should just buy "local", even if it's a cheap pilsner and not a hoity-toity I.P.A. “Craft” is a generalized term that typically refers to breweries that employ 50 or fewer people. However, breweries such as Rogue, Sierra Nevada, and others are more than happy to violate #2, pushing small, inefficient amounts of there beer to anyone who is interested.

Another note: with limited, obvious exceptions (Budweiser in St. Louis), many “large” breweries contract their brewing to local, craft breweries that otherwise couldn’t pay the bills. In addition to “La Crosse Lager” my local brewery (in La Crosse) also makes Smirnoff Ice.

Final note: a lot of “craft” breweries are actually carefully hidden subsidiaries of the beer giants (SABMiller, MolsonCoors, InBevAnheuserBusch). For example Leinenkugels’, though still operating a “small” brewery in Chippewa Falls, is owned by SABMiller; the recipes seen all over the U.S. (Summer Shandy, Sunset Wheat, etc.) are NOT made at the Chippewa Falls location. This doesn’t mean that Leinie’s a “bad” beer, but it does make the label of “craft” a bit of a misnomer (with regard to these published positives).

People should just buy “local”, even if it’s a cheap pilsner and not a hoity-toity I.P.A.

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]]> By: ChinaMatt http://matadorchange.com/drinking-craft-beer-is-good-for-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-3740 ChinaMatt Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:49:33 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=750#comment-3740 Wow, I've been more environmentally friendly than I thought for all these years. Just wish there were more breweries in New Jersey (they really need to reform the liquor laws here). Wow, I’ve been more environmentally friendly than I thought for all these years. Just wish there were more breweries in New Jersey (they really need to reform the liquor laws here).

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]]> By: Kathy http://matadorchange.com/drinking-craft-beer-is-good-for-the-environment/comment-page-1#comment-3738 Kathy Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:11:41 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=750#comment-3738 On first glance, I thought the title said "Drinking Draft Beer is ... etc." But that got me wondering about draft vs. bottles, environmentally-speaking. What's better, the nice points you make about CRAFT beer aside? On first glance, I thought the title said “Drinking Draft Beer is … etc.” But that got me wondering about draft vs. bottles, environmentally-speaking. What’s better, the nice points you make about CRAFT beer aside?

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