Pint-sized gains: the Australian brewers crafting refreshingly sustainable beers

Many breweries are looking for ways to make beer production more sustainable, with alternative brewing methods, renewable energy and reusable containers. Photograph: Grant Faint/Getty Images

It’s no secret that Australians love getting on the beers: we consume 69m litres of the stuff every year.

With that comes a significant packaging and environmental footprint, as commercially produced drinks generate emissions in both production and transportation. Australians drink and dispose of an estimated 17bn bottles and cans a year, fewer than half of which are recycled.