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The materials we use to package our products, and then how they are ultimately disposed of have an impact on the natural world. It’s easier to prevent waste when you make doing the right thing affordable and easy.
Working with local farmers, helps us support local economies and reduces our carbon footprint.
Breweries draw on local water and power - there is no way around this. Small-batch brewing allows us to test new beers without being wasteful.
Transportation emissions add up. The more disconnected a supply chain, the bigger the footprint. Thinking local first can reduce emissions.
Breweries draw on local water and power - there is no way around this. Small-batch brewing allows us to test new beers without being wasteful.
Tin Whistle is B.C.'s first carbon neutral brewery. We are a member of the Climate Smart Initiative, a group of Canadian businesses working to measure and reduce their carbon footprints. We continually measure and benchmark our small brewery against the best out there, and we never rest in our pursuit to reduce our carbon footprint. No matter your size, we believe you can be sustainable and responsible as a business.
Tin Whistle has been in Penticton for many years. It is our joy and pleasure to support those around us, and help our community grow. We source our ingredients locally (whenever possible). This includes 95% of our grains coming from farmers in B.C., Alberta, or Saskatchewan. Fruits come from our neighbouring Okanagan farms. We even re-use previously wasted local ingredients like the grape skins leftover from the wine harvest (in our Wasted Grape series of beers), or sake rice leftover from sake brewing (in our experimental Sake Lager).
When beer ferments, carbon dioxide (CO2) is released. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Alongside our friends at BC Business Technology Access Centre (BCBTAC) at Okanagan College, we are building a system to capture this CO2 and then feed it to algae. Algae goes through photosynthesis (just like trees!), and will convert the CO2 into Oxygen for us all to breathe.
