Responsibility

 

Like the bottle caps say, the employee-owners at Full Sail Brewery are "stoked to brew."  We often look out over the mighty Columbia River and the snow-capped volcano peaks beyond, and up at the dry, clear blue skies, and have to pinch ourselves for being so lucky to work in a magnificent place like Hood River, Oregon.  It's not hard to figure out what would attract us to this setting.  As a community of owners, we realize we have the ability to impact the larger community and the world around us.  We're dedicated to operating our brewery in the most socially and environmentally sustaining manner possible, while producing world-class ales and lagers of the highest quality. Let's face it - without this heavenly environment, there would be no heavenly brews.

 

 

 

 

 

Download the full Responsibility Kit PDF to learn more about Full Sail's Responsible Brewing. (1MB PDF)

 

 

Full Sail Receives Sustainable Tourism Award from Travel Oregon and the Oregon Tourism Commission 2008  

 
Full Sail Wins BEST Award - The City of Portland recognized eight local businesses at the 16th Annual BEST Awards 2008
State of Oregon Honors Full Sail for Sustainability 2008 

Full Sail Brewing Company Recognized as One of the "Best Green Companies to Work for" by Oregon Business Magazine 2009 & 2010

 

Full Sail Named Best Green Small Scale Brewery 2010 by Treehugger.com
Recycleworks Award

 

 

 

 

 

Did You Know:

  • Full Sail brewery compresses our work week into four 10-hour shifts, reducing power consumption and water use by 20%.  

  • Full Sail installed energy-efficient lighting and air compressors in our brewery to reduce energy use by 400,000 kWh each year.  

  • We take care of our precious Mt. Hood water by implementing practices that reduce water consumption by 3.1 million gallons each year.  

  • While average breweries consume 6 to 8 gallons of water per gallon of beer produced, we've reduced our consumption to a mere 3.45 gallons.