Comments on: Organic Beers – What Do You Think?

By: Greg Clow

Greg Clow — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:26:07 +0000

As someone who eats a lot of organic food, I also try organic beers when I come across them – although since I live in Ontario where the government controls what beers we can and cannot buy, I haven’t had a chance to try very many of them.

I’ve generally enjoyed the ones that I’ve tried, but I really don’t think that the fact that they used organic ingredients had a lot to do with the quality of the finished product. While I find that the flavour and quality of organic produce (i.e. unprocessed fruits & veggies) tends to be better than non-organic, the differences in processed organic vs. non-organic foods are much less obvious. If the organic versions are superior, it usually has more to do with the fact that they tend to be made by smaller companies that put more care into their products. I think the same can be said about organic beer.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:20:55 +0000

I’ve yet to try an organic beer that I didn’t like, but I certainly wouldn’t go out of my way to get one. That would cut out a number of beer styles that I enjoy from breweries I like. As good as organic food and drink may be for you, it limits your options greatly. As far as beer is concerned, organic seems to be priced competitively with other craft brews. It’s only compared to stuff like Bud Light that it seems expensive. Organic food is a whole other story, and I’m not willing to pay 10x the price for something like an apple.

By: Asheville Pubcrawler

Asheville Pubcrawler — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:29:50 +0000

With the rapidly growing market for organic products brewers would be missing the boat if they didn’t offer organic alternatives. I don’t go out of my way to seek organic beers and they make up a very small percentage of what I drink. I have, however, tried several organic brews and have found them uniformly outstanding. Examples that come to mind include Samuel Smith’s, Wolaver’s, and Pisgah as well as Orlando Brewing (took a tour while visiting Orlando last summer and loved the beers.)

The organics I’ve tried aren’t priced any higher than other craft beers. If I saw a new organic I’d be tempted to buy it because my experience with other organic beers has been positive.