Black Isle Brewery invites fans to share their eco-friendly tips during COP26 with packs of beer up for grabs

FANS of a popular Black Isle beer could soon be toasting their bright ideas to make a positive impact on the environment.

The Black Isle Brewery came up with its 12 Days/12 Ways competition to coincide with the COP26 conference on climate change now under way in Glasgow.

The brewery, which is based near Allangrange on the Black Isle, will be posting a different way in which it is minimising its impact on the environment or making a positive difference during the competition period.

It prides itself on its organic credentials and is enjoyed around the world.

The brewery explained: "Each day you can comment on our post with the ways you, your friends and family are doing you part, and at the end of the 12 days, we'll choose twelve winners who will each receive a 12 pack of beer."

Establishing its own credentials, it posted: "At Black Isle Brewery we brew great organic beer, and have done for 23 years, but even now there’s still a lot of confusion as to what this means. It’s simple really, we only use organic ingredients, grown on farms without chemicals, as nature intended.

"Organic production promotes biodiversity, helps wildlife, and provides a mixed and sustainable ecology for flora and fauna to thrive. This is why we have always brewed organic beer, and why we’ll continue to innovate, within the parameters of our organic designation. As organic brewers we pay more for our hops and barley, but we believe that some things are just worth paying for."

People have been quick to respond.

Tips offered to date range from only boiling the amount of water you are going to use when making tea to switching from a car to an electric bike to get to work.

Inevitably there are beer-related suggestions. One simply said: "I drink your beer!"

Another added: "When possible, I buy my beer in kegs. This saves on a lot of individual packaging of cardboard, plastic, cans or bottles."

Find out more about the competition and the tips being shared here

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