The world is facing major challenges. This affects every single one of us, us as a society, and us as a company. We are aware that online retail entails an increased carbon footprint. With every step and every bit of growth that is possible thanks to you as part of our amazing craft beer community, we also want to give something back. We have taken several measures to save as much CO2 as possible, offset our emissions , and even neutralize additional CO2 .
Shipping at Beer Belly Cologne is climate neutral! We are a partner of "Planet" and therefore automatically offset the CO2 emissions generated during the individual shipping of our packages.
But that's not all. For every order you place with Beer Belly Cologne, the Eden Reforestation Project plants a tree, and together we improve our carbon footprint. Learn more about the project here . Our Impact Report provides transparent updates on our progress.
We collect all our beers directly from regional breweries. Short and direct routes are good for the beer and the environment.
We also receive beer deliveries by mail. We reuse the cardboard boxes provided by the breweries to send you the beer. So don't be surprised if you receive a used, not new, box.
To save resources, especially for our shipping partners, we pack your order in the smallest possible packaging size.
In 2014, a man named Rich Poole walked into the Small Bar in Bristol and handed Bruce Gray and Jack Granger some beers. This marked the beginning of a brewing journey that started with a 200-liter kit in the back of the same bar and evolved into a cuckoo brewery called Left Handed Giant.
Our own brewery started in 2017, before we raised over £1 million from the local community via Crowdcube to build the heart of our business: a brewpub overlooking the floating harbor in central Bristol, which opened in 2019. Today we operate two breweries and produce around 4,000 hectoliters of beer annually, sold in independent pubs, bars, and bottle shops, with the majority served directly at our Finzels Reach Brewpub, our St. Philips Tap Room, and the Small Bar where it all began.
We are proud to be a company owned by the founders, employees, and the community. We are owned and operated by the people who work in our premises, use our facilities, and drink our beer. We have 1,500 shareholders in our small company, more than 80% of whom have a Braunschweig postcode.
