An Italian brewery has become the first to carry the PEFC-label on a beer.
Brewer Gino Perisutti’s Blonde PEFC Mountain Pale Lager contains spruce bark, mountain pine buds and Scots pine needles from PEFC-certified forests.
It was officially launched at the PEFC National Members’ meeting in Geneva.
“While non-wood forest products play only a minor role in forest certification, they are testimony to the passion of alpine forest owners, who also distill PEFC-certified Mugolio oil from dwarf pine,” said Antonio Brunori, PEFC Italy’s secretary-general.
“Moreover, such products offer great potential to communicate the value of responsible forestry to the public.”
