Bison Brewing "Press Room"

Check out what people in the media and the blogosphere having been saying about Bison Brewing Company and our organic beers:

Good Food Awards: Meet California Winner Bison Brewing

For his part, Daniel is looking to educate others on organic beer. He organizes brewmasters dinners twice a week in his local area in order to educate distributors, restaurateurs and customers, who have been resistant to buying and selling organic beer in ways they have not been resistant to other organic products.

~ Heather Hammel

Intuit Small Business Blog: Bison Brewing's Daniel Del Grande Seeks Sustainability and Solidarity

"Today, Grande is considered by many to be a leader in the organic brewing industry. Since 1999, he has taught classes on a variety of subjects to budding brewers, including brewery engineering, operation and maintenance, and laboratory work for the American Brewer’s Guild, where he met brewing enthusiast George Allen, now a co-owner of Bison."

~ Joe Greek, Intuit

SlashFood: Bison Brewing Organic Chocolate Stout Beer of the Week

"The dry stout drinks light and creamy, with a nice current of coffee and hop bitterness to balance out the dark chocolate character. Bison's stout, dare I say it, is a surprisingly sexy beer."

~ Josh Bernstein, SlashFood.com (AOL)

Triple Pundit: The Brewing Organic Beer Market

"Bison Brewing Company, a contract brewer located in Berkeley, California, sources all of its ingredients from the American northwest. As their business has grown, they have enacted vertical impacts on their supply chain by driving the conversion from conventional to organic farming practices in that region."

~ Presidio Graduate School’s MBA Students

Civil Eats: Organic Hops Coming in 2013

"Del Grande has created a Web site that he believes will help brewers source organic hops and communicate with growers. Launched this past March, the “CoHOPerative“ has about half a dozen breweries signed on. The site is based on pre-orders, allowing breweries to get together and collectively voice their needs. Demands for different varieties could then be communicated to growers in their full scale, ensuring that enough is grown for everyone."

~ Heather Hammel, Civil Eats

The Earthy Report: Non-GMO Beers on The Rise

"Organic brewers like Bison Brewing Company out of Berkeley, California has created a vertical supply chain and has helped their suppliers convert their lands to organic farming in order to ensure a steady stream of non-GMO ingredients."

~ John Vlahakis, The Earthy Report

EAST BAY EXPRESS: Thirsting For Extreme Beers

"Dan Del Grande, owner and brewer at Bison Brewing, also has seen an increased demand for "sessionable beers" — especially in the American East. He says that in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida, his 5-percent alcohol honey basil ale is his most popular beer. He also answers the call for session beers by resurrecting a light and summery saison that he hasn't brewed for several years."

~ Alastair Bland, EBX.com

About.com: Bison Brewing

“The IPA and Imperial Brown were decent renditions of classic beer styles; the chocolate stout was tasty indeed, with the cocoa powder added to the mash playing the same role it does in a good molé sauce: added depth but not an odd chocolate-y flavor where none should be.”

~ Molly Watson, About.com

Oakland Tribune: Consistent taste is key to success of Berkeley's Bison Organic Beer

"Daniel Del Grande, owner of Bison Organic Beers in Berkeley, refuses to cut corners to make an extra buck. He says using more expensive organic ingredients, for example, is one key to his success."

~ David Morrill, Oakland Tribune

Not Your Dads Beer: Wine Affair, San Jose's Craft Beer Bar

"Bison’s Organic Stout was really tasty. I have had a few organic beers in the past and they were okay but this one took the notch of the best so far. Clean body, unsweetened chocolate malts, and a silky finish paired perfectly with Wine Affair’s chicken meatballs and bbq sausage plate"

~ Marc Bayes, NotYourDadsBeer.com

The Brewing Network Episode Recap

"Dan details how he makes beer that is certified 100% organic, as well as the benefits of organic farming."

~ Moscow, BN Army Blog

Hop Talk: Bison Brewing Chocolate Stout

"Bison Brewing in Berkeley is a leader in the emerging organic market we find springing up all over the West Coast. They take pride in buying their hops organically, and decreasing the pollution in our waterways (farming contributes to 70% of that pollution)."

~ Matt Amaral, Hop Talk

The Brew Site: Bison Organic Honey Basil Ale

It’s a flavor pairing that catches the eye, and the beer is pretty good too. A summery amber ale with the fresh notes from the basil and the residual honey sweetness, well worth trying if you get the chance.

~ Jon, The Brew Site

TreeHugger: 8 College-Town Breweries Producing Great, Green Beer

"Bison's innovative approach is reflected in its beers too: Where else can you sip on a Honey Basil Ale or a seasonal Gingerbread Ale?"

~ Jennifer Hattam, TreeHugger

Brewed For Thought Beer of the Week: Bison Brewing Imperial Brown

"In the end, this Imperial Brown at 7% is a California session beer. Easy to drink and smooth going down, I could see having a couple pints at a time. While the weather is still damp, be sure to grab some for your fridge. A beer like this will encourage you to stay inside and out of the rain."

~ Mario Rubio, Brewed For Thought

The Green Brewhaha: Sustainability at Bison Brewing

Interview with Bison's Dan DelGrande: "Organic beer is finally making sense to customers of grocery stores and restaurants, so buyers are increasing our placements up from maybe one item to three or four items per store. Many new stores are adding organic beer."

~ Jen Boynton, Triple Pundit

Berkeleyside: Beer, tongue and pickles: food makers win awards

"Bison has robust environmental credentials: it has conducted a carbon footprint analysis of its operations, practices on-site wastewater treatment, and has a standard operations cycle for his cleaning procedures. It is also very involved in its local community."

~ Tracey Taylor, Berkeleyside

Draft Magazine Review: Chocolate Stout

"Roasted coffee flavors sink into the tongue first, while chocolate notes emerge as the beer washes back. Roasted and hoppy bitterness scrapes through the mouth, drying out the palate, but leaving behind a lasting suggestion of chocolate."

~ Anonymous, Draft Magazine

Beer 47: Bison Gingerbread Ale Review

"The history of the brewery was a little turbulent but the excellence of their product has prevailed as exemplified by beers such as Chocolate Stout, Honey Basil Ale, and, the beer we’re focusing on today, Gingerbread Ale."

~ David Jensen, Beer 47