PEFFC certified beer available from Italy

29 June 2009

The Italian brewery Gino Perisutti now offers two types of specialty beer brewed on PEFC-certified ingredients.

The beer contains spruce bark ('Blonde PEFC Mountain Pale Lager'), mountain pine buds ('Grand Cru Mountain Amber Ale') respectively, and Scotch pine needles from PEFC certified forests. These ingredients are derived from PEFC-certified forest in the Dolomiti Friulane Nature Park, located in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. 

In addition to the forest products, the beers are brewed with yeast, pure spring water, pale and aromatic barley malts and wheat, noble European and American hops, and fair-trade spices. 

Source: PEFC-International