Gipsy Hill creates first offset-free, carbon-negative beer

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South London brewery, Gipsy Hill, has released what it calls the world’s first offset-free carbon negative beer, which removes more greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere than it produces.

The brewery is able to achieve a carbon-negative lager and pale ale by using certified regenerative barley from Wildfarmed. Regenerative farming uses intercropping, cover cropping, and reduced tillage to improve soil health, reduce erosion, and sequester carbon. These practices allow barley farming to sequester more carbon in the soil than it releases into the atmosphere.

The second step of creating the carbon-negative beer uses recaptured hops from a previous batch of beer in the flavoring process. Since hops are usually thrown away after use, this process results in net zero greenhouse gas emissions.