How green is your beer?

new_belgium_brewery_logo_400Greenopia.com, a Web site that provides directories of environmental companies, recently released a list of some of the greenest and least greenest breweries in the world. The winner: No surprise that New Belgium Brewing Co. out of Fort Collins, Colo., would take the cake. The Thirsty Beagle has written about them before; they provide bicycles to employees and use organic products in the brewing process. Some of the losers, according to Greenopia: Molson-Coors, Guinness, Heineken and Sam Adams. You can read a report on the list here. And below are the standings, with a 4 indicating the top environmental score:

-New Belgium – 4

-Eel River – 3

- Bison – 2

-Butte Creek – 2

-Sierra Nevada – 2

-Anheuser-Busch – 1

-Corona – 1

-Foster’s – 1

-Labatt – 1

-Samuel Smith – 1

-Molson-Coors – 0

-Guinness – 0

-Heineken – 0

-Sam Adams – 0

-Tecate – 0

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