It takes a lot of water to make beer. Water can account for up to 95 percent of beer’s content, and water is used in every step of the brewing process. In brewing, the industry average is about 8 litres of water used for every litre of beer produced. At Bench, our commitment is to to use as little water as possible. Currently that is 5 litres of water for every 1 litre of beer. Our goal is to get that ratio down to a 4:1 ratio. Every Drop Counts.

A custom water purification system treats all of our brewery wastewater onsite. Wastewater that is eligible for treatment consists of water used for cleaning, brewing and packaging. We also make sure to side stream all of our hops and yeast to make the brewery waste water easier to treat and of the highest quality before it enters the purification system.

Once brewery wastewater is treated by our water purification system, we then use it to irrigate our hops field as well as our neighbouring apple orchard, fruit farm and vineyards that spans approximately 170 acres. The cherries, plums, and peaches grown on these farms are used as ingredients for our beers creating a wonderful circle of sustainability.