The U.S. brewing industry has a vested interest to ensure all products we sell are consumed as intended: responsibly by legal drinking age adults. We also have a strong commitment to preserve and protect the environment during the production of their products.

With that in mind, over the past decade the industry has spent nearly a half billion dollars on alcohol awareness and education programs designed to help prevent alcohol abuse. Their efforts include funding research, public safety efforts, education, and alcohol abuse prevention campaigns. And these efforts are working. According to government statistics, drunk driving and underage drinking are at their lowest levels since record-keeping began.

Brewers are also concerned about the impact of product packaging on the environment. Brewers were the leaders in adopting aluminum beverage cans and initiating aluminum recycling programs and are the largest recyclers of aluminum in the country. They also have had significant success in reducing the solid waste at their breweries.