Organic Beer Tasting

[discosushi]

Organic Beer Tasting.

Celebrate the Village Pourhouse going green at our monthly green events. This month will be our Organic Beer Tasting



This will be a sit down, instructional class led by our in-house Beer Sommelier. You will get to try a selection of our 6 organic beer and learn all about them.



This will be $20 per person and include the following beers:

Orlio Organic Common Ale

Orlio Organic IPA

Wolavers Pale

Wolavers Brown

Wolavers IPA

Wolavers Wit Bier



Due to seating, tickets are limited so please purchase yours in advance. Tickets are now on sale at:



http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&performance_id=621393

[greatcountysky]

Could you explain the difference that separates an organic beer from a un-organic beer. Does it have to do with the ingredients, or the way it's prepared.


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[BrewDog]

It's the ingredients. Certified Organic beer must be made from >95% Organic ingredients. They give you some slack for things like hops that may not have any organically grown available.

[newportstorm]

Originally posted by BrewDog
It's the ingredients. Certified Organic beer must be made from >95% Organic ingredients. They give you some slack for things like hops that may not have any organically grown available.

Which is a huge point of contention. Ask any brewer who regularly uses non-organically grown hops (or supplements their organic supply with them) if they disclose that fact on the label. You'll probably get a sheepish "no" and an explanation/excuse why it's not necessary.

Complete BS.

A-B led the charge for official change in allowing non-organic hops in "Organic" beer and, shockingly, several craft brewers supported the initiative - Wolaver's, Peak, etc.

Truth in labelling. Want to use non-organic ingredients in your beer? Say so on the label! There are other food companies out there that do just that and I respect them for being honest. Those that don't do this are simply riding the coattails of the green "Organic" label and essentially watering down its meaning in the process.

p.s. Kudos to 'discosushi' for posting an actual beer-related event. Best of luck with that Wolaver's IPA, though. Fresh one I had in Burlington, VT this month tasted of earthy bitterness and nothing else.