Today’s Sunday Telegram reports on the focus on sustainability of Maine’s craft breweries.
But overall, Maine’s craft breweries have embraced sustainable management of their breweries, to reduce or reuse waste and limit pollution. The state’s biggest brewery, Portland’s Allagash Brewing Co., has adopted practices so it uses only 4 gallons of water to make a gallon of beer – about half the national average.
“The type of person who decides to get into craft beer, there is a high likelihood they care about their community and the earth,” said Allagash head brewer Jason Perkins.
But it’s not just an environmental ethos that drives craft brewers to adopt “green” practices. It often also makes sound financial sense.