Written By Guest Writer Beer / Press Release Nov 8, 2018 The Brewer, the Baker, the Community Maker SHARE VIA: Facebook Twitter PinterestVancouver Island not-for-profit raises a glass as they work to address the issue of food waste.reFRESH Cowichan, the Cowichan Green Community Food Recovery Project, has teamed up with Small Block Brewery and True Grain Bakery to develop a series of beers made with bread that would have otherwise ended up in the landfill. The aptly named Rye-Cycled Fresh Hopped Rye Ale (or “Rye-PA” for short), is already receiving a lot of attention after its release on October 6that Victoria’s Fresh Hop Harvest beer festival.The idea for a rye-based bread-beer came up after the Vancouver Island based food recovery group started supplying fresh produce, donated through partnerships with local grocery stores, to regional food banks. Indicating that they receive such high volumes of bread, the local food bank is barely able to give it away fast enough, especially the rye bread.The idea to use bread beer as a way to spark community conversation and action on the issue of food waste came from TOAST, a line of bread-beers originating in the UK. After contacting TOAST to thank them for the inspiration, Chief Toaster, Rob, sent the group a message:It’s amazing to see Toast inspiring bread beers across the world. We built Toast to brew systemic change in the beer industry, getting as many people as possible producing amazing beer with surplus bread. We are collaborating and sharing our expertise directly with many of these breweries, and have open sourced our recipe online which has been downloaded over 30,000 times. We are delighted that other breweries are incorporating bread in their beers too, we really couldn’t be prouder to see the revALEution in full swing.Small Block Brewery and reFRESH Cowichan have already started their next batch of bread-beer by diverting over eighty kilograms of sourdough bread from True Grain Bakery, Loaves & Fishes Food Bank, and the Cowichan Valley Basket Society. A release event is taking place November 30that Small Block Brewery.These collaborative brews are available at Small Block Brewery’s taproom at #203-5301 Chaster Road in Duncan, BC.Cowichan Green Community Society, (CGC) is a non-profit organization that has been focusing on environmental sustainability in the Cowichan Region since March 2004. Since 2007, the CGC mandate has focussed on improving community food security by developing strong relationships with local food producers, increasing urban and rural food production, and working to address distribution issues in the current food system through a food recovery project.reFRESH Cowichan, an initiative of the CGC, is a committed group of individuals focused on the fair distribution of quality food in the Cowichan Region on Vancouver Island, Canada. reFRESH Cowichan has established a brand new food-hub to help achieve their vision; to increase community access to delicious, healthy foods by diverting edible food from the landfill to those in need. SHARE VIA: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Written By: Guest Writer We get many people writing guest articles for us, as well as past contributors. This is the Guest ... Read More You may also like Beer / Beer & Cider / Drink / Events March 2, 2020 Victoria Beer Week March 6 – 14 Victoria Beer Week returns March 6-14 with 19 different events held in venues around Victoria. This 7th annual festival of craft beer offers ... Read More Beer / Events / Food Events / Places / Spirits / Victoria February 25, 2020 11th Annual Island Beer and Spirits Festival The Strathcona Hotel has long brought together BC brewers and distillers in its multiple taprooms but rarely is the brewing craft celebrated so much ... Read More Beer / Beer & Cider / Drink / First Look / Places / Press Release / Wineries & Breweries July 25, 2019 There’s a New Buoy in Town Whistle Buoy Brewing Company, a locally owned craft brewery and taproom, is now open in Historic Market Square, Victoria. Whistle Buoy Brewing ... Read More Beer / Beer & Cider / Events / Press Release July 24, 2019 Great Canadian Beer Festival The line-up is set and the tickets are on sale. The Great Canadian Beer Festival will return to Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, BC, on Friday, ... Read More Beer / Beer & Cider / Drink / Events / Victoria March 24, 2019 A New Beer Society in Town Victoria Beer Week launched its sixth annual festival earlier this month, which ran from March 1-9. In addition to the festival returning for another ... Read More Beer / Wineries & Breweries February 4, 2019 Vancouver Island Brewery’s New Porter and New Re-Rebrand Vancouver Island Brewery unveils new porter along with their new re-rebrand Vancouver Island Brewery held a flight night last week, in part to ... Read More Comments are closed.
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