Sustainable Partners

Our sustainability efforts don’t end once the beer is brewed. We are proud to collaborate with many other great organizations that have invested in sustainability to help bring our delicious beer to the market.

Packaging

Beer quality is priority #1, which is why we package the majority of our beer into kegs. The beer that is not destined for draught, is packaged into cans as opposed to glass because cans protect the beer from light and oxygen, and they chill faster than glass. The environmental benefits (reducing fossil fuel usage, requiring less energy to chill, and higher likelihood of recycling) are some of the main reasons that we can our beer.

Tap Handles & Apparel

It wasn’t easy locating tap handle and apparel manufacturers that made their products here in the U.S., but we found a few, and their products are top shelf! Hoptown Handles designed and crafted our Seismic tap handles from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified wood, the gold standard in sustainable forestry management.

Think Globally, Act Locally

One brewery’s waste is another’s treasure. We donate our spent grain to a local rancher, who uses our spent grain as a nutrient-rich form animal feed. We also partner with the Russian Riverkeepers and Clean River Alliance by donating our specialty malt bags to aid their watershed cleanup efforts. Through these strategic partnerships, we are able to divert potentially costly waste streams, while helping other great organizations reduce their costs. It’s nice to have friends!

Reduce What You Can, Offset the Rest

While we go to great lengths to reduce our impact on the environment, we recognize that we cannot reduce everything. We purchase carbon offsets to cover all brewery and tap room operations, as well as employee commutes and beer delivery routes. By working with the team at 3Degrees, we were able to identify and support the Garcia River redwood reforestation project in neighboring Mendocino County. This project manages old-growth redwood forests in a sustainable manner that increases carbon sequestration ad storage, while also restoring wildlife habitat.