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Top Organic Beers

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The classic recipe for beer includes four simple natural ingredients: barley, hops, yeast, and water. While many brewers already eschew any artificial flavorings, coloring, or preservatives, select breweries use only organic components in their brewing process. As more consumers purchase organic products, these breweries are meeting demand with several organic beer varieties. Try one of these organic beers.

Pinkus Organic Hefeweizen
Enjoy the mild, refreshing flavors of this German brewed hefeweizen. You'll notice its fruity aroma, with hints of banana. This organic beer boasts a clean finish and low bitterness. Despite going unfiltered, sediment is not substantial. Overall, this is a pleasant beer to relax with on a lazy summer day. Even if wheat beers are not your usual favorite, you will find this beer enjoyable.

New Belgium Brewing Company Mothership Wit
This beer is organic through and through, right down to its spices. Savor the notes of spice in its finish, particularly of coriander and nutmeg. You may also note the taste of cloves as you consume this beer. Somewhat milder in flavor than Hoegaarden, another popular beer in the wit style, Mothership Wit is a pleasing and flavorful beer. This selection from the New Belgium Brewing Company would complement a crisp fall evening by the fireside. An earth-friendly note, the New Belgium Brewing Company utilizes wind power at its facilities.


North Coast Brewing Company Cru d'Or Belgian Style Ale
The first thing you notice about the Cru d'Or Belgian Style Ale is its strong flavors of toasted barley, apparent even in the beer's deep color. Appreciate the underlying sweetness of this organic ale. The flavor of the hops does not overwhelm, permitting the barley to stand out for a distinctive flavor. The barley and hops match well with the Belgian style yeast utilized in this brew, with pleasant caramel flavors emerging.

Deschutes Brewery Green Lakes Organic Ale
Produced by Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Oregon, this organic amber ale pours with a red hue. If you favor beers with bold hop flavor, then the Green Lakes Organic Ale may become a favorite. The intensity of the hop flavor increases in the finish, contributing to the general dryness of this selection. This beer presents a more robust profile than many amber ales, but its warm malt flavors stay true to the amber ale style.

Goose Island Beer Company Lamar Street Organic Pale Ale

As you pour, observe the classic light coloring of the Lamar Street Organic Pale Ale. Unlike some pales ales, this variety is not dominated by a hop aroma or hop flavor. This warm pale ale is extremely drinkable, and it will have broad appeal among beer drinkers. You may find its taste more like English pale ale than its hoppier West Coast cousins.

While you may not always choose an organic beer over its non-organic counterpart, all of these organic beers are excellent representatives of their respective styles. These beers may be purchased in many specialty stores and upscale groceries such as Whole Foods. Mothership Wit from New Belgium Brewing Company may be the most broadly available of these selections; check your local grocery or your favorite pub.

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