About GreenGrog



Greengrog is the work of Dave Burdick and Kenan Davis, who are thrilled to be on the verge of graduating from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Davis, pictured at left, originally from south Georgia, began writing music reviews for the Valdosta Daily Times and now writes and produces content as a general interest reporter.

Burdick, a native of Boulder, Colo., blogs for other people about the environment, writes jokes and enjoys writing about people's passions.
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  • Biz of sustainable beer

  • FLASH: How does brewing use resources?
  • STORY: Saving money first, environment second
  • VIDEO: Hops shortage shorts craft brewers
  • AUDIO: Sustainability possible on a shoestring budget
  • TIMELINE: A modern history of sustainable brewing

  • Drinking sustainably

  • MAP: Where's the green beer?
  • MAP: Breweries within 250 mi. of NYC
  • VIDEO: How to taste a beer

  • Home brewing

  • STORY: When beer gives you spent yeast, make candy
  • VIDEO: From homebrew to craft brew

  • Organic

  • STORY: Hops shortage strains organic brewers
  • VIDEO: What is organic?

  • Resources

  • BLOG: The greengrog blog
  • LINKS: The Grogroll -- offsite links

    • Recent blog posts

    A-B greens its Hunts Point fleet (a little)

    Can beer make a difference in New York City neighborhood known for (among other things) being a bit polluted? I don’t know, but it’s worth a shot, right?
    Hunts Point, in the Bronx, is a neighborhood with pollution problems in a borough with pollution problems.
    Well, now that some of that InBev scare has passed, Anheuser-Busch has […]

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    Where’s my beer? It’s in NYC!

    BeerMenus.com provides the delightful service of letting you know where, in New York City, you can find certain beers.
    How does this fit in with GreenGrog? Well, draught beers have a lighter carbon footprint than beers in bottles or cans, so if you’re looking for, say, an Ommegang Witte, you can search BeerMenus.com and find at […]

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