Impact - Odell Brewing Co

Brewed to make a difference
Spark Change

Working to improve community and planet

Odell Brewing Company is committed to contributing to charitable programs that serve our communities and engaging our co-workers and fans in our philanthropic efforts. Our founders have been committed to giving back to the community upon opening their doors in 1989. Since then, they’ve created parameters around our giving to focus our impact.

Humanity

Providing support and resources to children-at-risk, single parent families, and the elderly.

Equity

We’re proud to support advocacy and stewardship of disenfranchised community members.

Environment

We’re committed to supporting organizations that help protect and preserve our environment.

Crafting Community

We contribute to hundreds of nonprofits annually, empowering their work in our communities. Each year, our co-workers volunteer over 2,000 hours and host over 50 nonprofit fundraisers.

Become a Charitable Partner

Hosting a gala? Have an event and want merch or beer? Submit a request through our Gift-in-Kind form.

Gift In Kind Form

Investing in the Planet

For every business decision we make, we place a higher value on what we’re accomplishing for the environment in which we live. This means not only reducing physical waste, but improving our water, and energy usage at every stage of the process. And, we’re now operating the largest carbon dioxide recapture system in Colorado craft beer, eliminating 1.4 million pounds of carbon emissions annually.

We believe that in the long run, investing in sustainability is good business.

WATER

Saving Water
It takes about 7 gallons of water to make a gallon of beer. Over the years we’ve improved our systems and processes and reduced that number to 3.40 gallons of water.
Custom Mods
We made some custom modifications to our vacuum pump that seals our bottles to reuse water, saving us 1.25 million gallons of water a year!
Reduce & Reuse
We adjusted our Clean In Place system to reuse grey water for the first rinse of a used tank. It’s a simple and easy way to save water.
Filtration by centrifuge
Filtering beer with a centrifuge uses less water, eliminates the need for hazardous diatomaceous earth, and preserves essential hop oils which make for better tasting beer!

ENERGY

Alternative Energy
We’ve installed 11,000 square feet of solar panels. These panels put our 76.5kW array, which covers 4% of our total power.
Solatube Lighting
Solatube Lights are skylights that are built with special materials that intensifies the sunlight throughout the brewery. We love natural light!
Steam Power
Our brew kettle uses a steam recapture system during every boil to reuse expended steam to heat the water for the next brew!
Renewable Energy
We work closely with the city of Fort Collins to fund green energy projects and increase the percentage of renewable energy used in the power grid.
CO2 Recapture System
We installed a CO2 recapture system in 2023 to re-use CO2 that’s produced during fermentation. We re-use that CO2 in other areas of producing our beer, including carbonation and packaging. This system prevents 1.4 million pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere every year.

Introducing Patagonia Provisions Kernza® Lager

We’re the only Colorado brewery to team up with Patagonia Provisions to brew this delicious, unique beer.

Light, crisp and easy to drink, Kernza® Lager uses organic barley and hops—still rare in the beer world. Kernza is a regeneratively-grown, soil-saving, low-to-no till grain.

Not only does this grain make great beer—it’s also helping spark a global movement to fight the environmental crisis through agriculture.

What is Kernza®?

Innovate with the Community

We’re constantly planning for the future, which for us means innovating with our communities.

BreWater
Co-founded BreWater, a group that brings together breweries of all sizes to discuss water use in the industry and the health of our local watershed.
Local Sustainability Groups
Our co-owners sit on the committees and host meetings for local groups including Northern Colorado Renewable Energy Society, Poudre River Forum Committee and the Sustainable Living Association.
Old Yeast New Tricks
Working with Fort Collins Waste Water Treatment plant to see if spent yeast can be used as a chemical-free method for treating city water.
Electric Charging Station
Installed an electric car charging station at our brewer for public use in order to support the growing impact electric cars are making on our world.

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