Our Green Credentials
The Mill Green Brewery is an example of a successful businesses that is showing that it is possible to run such an enterprise in an ecologically responsible manner.
- We started brewing in August 2008.
- The brewery is built on the site of an old stable behind the traditional White Horse Inn at Edwardstone, Suffolk.
- We have recently had a borehole dug and now use entirely our own water for brewing, and infact for everything.
- The brewery building was built using local wood, reclaimed bricks, sheeps wool, and lime plaster.
- The brewing liquor is heated using bio and solar power. We have a 3000litre storage tank that is constantly heated by our solar panels and is then topped up to brewing temperature by a high efficiency wood boiler. (All the wood coming from a local Suffolk Wildlife Trust wood).
- We have a field 3 miles away in Chelsworth where we grow a large amount of our own malting barley and hops.
- On site we have a campsite with solar powered showers and 2 self catering Scandinavian style chalets which are awarded for sustainable tourism.
- A 6kw 9m wind turbine is situated on the campsite and helps provide electricity for the site
- Any electricity we do buy in comes from green energy supplier 'Good Energy'.
- Our beers use only pure ingredients, organic and locally sourced if available!
- Our used grains are fed to local cattle, and our hops spread on the White Horse's beer garden hedge.
