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List: Beer Importers/Retailers Wasting Fossil Fuel 14 years 4 months ago #7

slayerking Offline Posts: 548	&quot;delzep&quot;:3l2alyaz wrote: Guinness Special Export <!-- s:x --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_mad.gif" alt="" title="Mad" /><!-- s:x -->[/quote:3l2alyaz] That's the exact beer that came to mind when I saw this thread, its crazy!!

List: Beer Importers/Retailers Wasting Fossil Fuel 14 years 4 months ago #8

tube Offline Posts: 3438	Can I pose two questions: Which is "worse" in actual terms: a beer brewed in Scotland and shipped to Ireland via Norway (approx 1300 miles), or a beer shipped to Ireland straight from where it's brewed in California (approx 5000 miles)? Or, what about a beer brewed in Ireland but using hops shipped from New Zealand (approx 13000 miles)?

List: Beer Importers/Retailers Wasting Fossil Fuel 14 years 4 months ago #9

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&quot;Tube&quot;:1j1j3hu9 wrote: Can I pose two questions:

Which is "worse" in actual terms: a beer brewed in Scotland and shipped to Ireland via Norway (approx 1300 miles), or a beer shipped to Ireland straight from where it's brewed in California (approx 5000 miles)?

Or, what about a beer brewed in Ireland but using hops shipped from New Zealand (approx 13000 miles)?[/quote:1j1j3hu9]

Very, very good point. What's the weight of hops for a typical barrel of beer vs. the weight of a barrel of beer, though?

Drinking Irish Craft Beer made with English-grown hops seems to be the most green option.

Shipping beer around the world through distribution channels just seems so completely unnecessary; bad for quality, bad for the environment, and bad for the cost of beer.

Adam

List: Beer Importers/Retailers Wasting Fossil Fuel 14 years 4 months ago #10

brian_c Offline Posts: 1163	Worked for IPA <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) --> Maybe this can lead to a new beer myth, "shipped from Scotland via Norway for extra Scandinaviosity". Get on it marketers.

List: Beer Importers/Retailers Wasting Fossil Fuel 14 years 4 months ago #11

andrew Offline Posts: 3334	So basically beer 'Grey Imports'

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