Excerpt . . . According to Mason Walker, author of Organic Beer Industry Flourishes, “In 2009, the organic beer sector more than doubled the $19 million in sales reported just four years prior in 2005.” But to simply say that a beer is organic can be confusing, as there are actually several different levels of organic certification. The highest of those levels is “100 Percent Organic,” which means that all ingredients and processing aids are organic. This is followed by “Organic,” which means that at least 95 percent of the ingredients and processing aids are organic. According to Brittany Dern, author of The Big ‘O’ – Defining Organic Beer, the other five percent is usually made up of the hops, since it can be difficult to find organic hops in great quantities. With this in mind, let’s take a look at a few examples.
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