Green on St. Patty’s Day
So I thought it would be appropriate to write about doing something green on St. Patrick’s Day. I struggled a little bit with coming up with an idea, but I think this one is pretty good. Here in Cleveland, St. Patrick’s Day is kinda big, or at least that is my impression. Many people took off work today to start drinking at 6 or 7 AM! The pubs were all coloring their beer green. So I thought what if you were greener with your beer, instead of just coloring it green.
In the Cleveland area, we have some fantastic microbreweries. Now, I’m not much of a beer drinker, but everyone tells me how great Great Lakes Brewing Company is (especially their Christmas Ale). For this time of year they have Conway’s Irish Ale. When I used to travel more, everywhere I went, the locals would rave about the local beers. So my theory is that there are great local beers pretty much everywhere. The best part is that local brews don’t have as far to go in distribution, so the environmental impact is much less.
On this fine St. Patty’s Day, raise a pint of the local beer. If you are more of a wine person, see my post on Wines.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
Tags: Beer, environment, green, Local
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
If you didn’t know, Great Lakes Brewing Company is also a very environmentally friendly company. They are aiming to be a zero waste business and put on the Burning River Fest in August to raise awareness of and money for environmental causes among other things.
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
I’ve recently had several conversations about Great Lakes Brewing Company being so environmentally friendly. They have information what they are doing on their website. It is nice to know local companies are focusing on the environment.
I did not know about the Burning River Fest. I found a website for this event and definitely adding it to my calendar! Hope to see you, and many others there.