Green beer (without the inconvenience of leprechauns)

I think most people tend to find a beer that they like and then mostly stick with it. This may well be why I have only just discovered a new beer made by Cascade called “Cascade Green”. As I saw it behind the counter in the fridge staring out at me, thoughts of St. Patrick’s day went through my mind. Thrill seeker that I am, I decided to give it a go. It turns out that this beer has nothing to do with four leafed clovers at all – the green part is based on the fact that it is carbon offset beer.

Now to be honest, I’m not really a person who can claim to be an eco-warrior. I do make an effort in not wasting water and I do put recyclable items in the appropriate bins but I only remember my green shopping bags during the short period of time between finishing my shopping and walking toward the checkout, most of my modes of transport run on rapidly depleting fossil fuels and I don’t feel driven to chain myself to old growth forests.

So it is with a certain amount of pride (and a significant amount of enthusiasm) that I feel that I can make a difference for future generations by having an icy cold beer. Not only will this assist in fending off the pending doom for our past planetary neglect but it also helps relieve at least some of the guilt associated with the baby fur seal killing Crown Lager I had just had prior (as well as my pending flight back to Canberra).

So Cascade have come up with this one and I can’t help but be a little bit cynical about the marketing use of the environmental theme in this product but why not, everyone else is and it’s got the stamp from the ‘Greenhouse Friendly Program’ so good on them.

As an aside it is actually quite a nice beer. Low carb, full strength, and the bottle’s green too.