brew good. do good.
The intersection of good.
Good Beer. Good Food. Good Company.
Our founders sought to create the best experience a brewery could offer and a business that reinvested in the local community through carbon reduction.
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And the best breweries combine beer and food! Our families enjoy going to places with great food and plenty of options and we know you do to!
we donate 10%
from each pint of monarch ipa
sold in our taproom.
We are happy to host local charities for give back nights where we donate 10% of nightly sales to their cause.
and host charity nights!
Sustainability in Silverton
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The roof of our Silverton location is home to a growing array of 33 solar panels to supply roughly ~20% of our electrical needs. We service the balance of our needs with wind power purchased through energy transfer credits. These two actions reduce our carbon footprint dramatically since we do not receive power from burning fossil fuels.
Big thanks to Pro Lighting & Solar, Paff Electric and the IBEW Local 212 for making this project happen!
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The Silverton Memorial Municipal Building, our first location, was built in 1951 as one of the first mixed use municipal buildings in the state. It held Township Administration, Police, Firefigthers and Emergency Response. The Silverton Township was still in the building when we took over!
We adapted this historic property to suit the needs of a brewery and restaurant. That meant modernizing the HVAC, electrical systems, plumbing and adding insulation.
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As one of our first sustainability projects, we installed a geothermal HVAC system in a series of 14, 350-foot deep wells. This replaced the 1950’s era boiler that once burned dinosaur bones for fuel.
A geothermal system reduces the amount of energy used to heat and cool air by exchanging the temperature of air above ground with water pumped under ground. These systems pump water through underground wells where the Earth stays at a constant 55 degrees year round. They then circulate that water above ground to a heat exchanger so the HVAC system only has to heat or cool a few more degrees to make everyone cosy!
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Our garden is planted with native life from our partners at Cincinnati Nature Center. This permaculture garden requires less maintenance from staff while looking beautiful year-round. These plant varieties are naturally found in Ohio which makes them well suited for Ohio’s annual weather system without added watering from the HGBC team.
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To support our vehicles and yours we partnered with Electrada to install and maintain several electric vehicle charging stations in our Silverton parking lot. The installation completed during Earth Week 2021. We are happy to provide a new outlet for those adopting electric vehicles to charge their cars and avoid future charging congestion.
Download the FLO or Chargepoint to charge and pay. Our charging fee is set by Electrada at $0.35/kw.
Drilling the first of 14 wells for our geothermal loops.
Our sales team is electric!
Transportation is a large part of our carbon footprint that grows as we grow. To help mitigate the carbon cost of driving vehicles we purchased a standard range Tesla Model 3 for our salesperson and a Ford E-Transit for events and local deliveries. We also have additional reservations for electric commercial vehicles from Canoo and Tesla to help us make deliveries!
Local Sourcing
We like to get things from close neighbors when that makes sense for the needs of our business. This works the best with grain, hops, seasonal produce and the occasional proteins. By buying local, we help our neighbors and community keep dollars in local economy.
This also helps us reduce our carbon footprint by minimizing the amount of dinosaur bones burned to ship things from point A to point B. When buying or certifying carbon credits a business normally buys credits for round-trip shipping. They pay twice!
Partnerships and Advocacy