Comments on: Green Beer? http://mnbeer.com/2008/07/01/green-beer/ MNBeer.com focuses on Minnesotabeer, brewpubs, breweries, homebrew and all things related to beer in Minnesota. Your source for information about beer in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and beyond. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:05:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dan http://mnbeer.com/2008/07/01/green-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-44611 Dan Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:14:37 +0000 http://mnbeer.com/2008/07/01/green-beer/#comment-44611 We contacted Do It Green.org about what Vine Park's green efforts. Ami said they would share the information with the attendees but I thought others might also want to know. We are pretty eco friendly for a small facility that wasn’t originally designed that way. We use the minimal impact chemicals. Customers get their beer in re-USEABLE bottles not just recyclable. Our facility re-USES the cooling water from wort pumpouts since it is now heated for the next round of brewing water to save energy costs. All electricity is wind-powered via Xcel’s wind program. No room for a tower & turbine on site. Our malt extract is delivered in 55 gallon plastic drums. We are featured on a number of sites as a source of free drums for rain barrel projects. What used to be a disposal hassle is now an overly popular (only in that we can’t supply enough) pickup. Our customers buy in bulk thus avoiding frequent trips to the liquor stores. Our wines come from around the world but in bulk shipping. Bottling is done on site so wines are not shipped with that extra weight. We contacted Do It Green.org about what Vine Park’s green efforts. Ami said they would share the information with the attendees but I thought others might also want to know.

We are pretty eco friendly for a small facility that wasn’t originally designed that way.

We use the minimal impact chemicals.
Customers get their beer in re-USEABLE bottles not just recyclable.
Our facility re-USES the cooling water from wort pumpouts since it is now heated for the next round of brewing water to save energy costs.
All electricity is wind-powered via Xcel’s wind program. No room for a tower & turbine on site.
Our malt extract is delivered in 55 gallon plastic drums. We are featured on a number of sites as a source of free drums for rain barrel projects. What used to be a disposal hassle is now an overly popular (only in that we can’t supply enough) pickup.
Our customers buy in bulk thus avoiding frequent trips to the liquor stores.
Our wines come from around the world but in bulk shipping. Bottling is done on site so wines are not shipped with that extra weight.

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