2020 Christmas Trees being Fertilized with Guinness Beer
June 30, 2020 8:25AM EDT
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 18: Guinness celebrates 200 years since being exported to America at The Root on October 18, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Guinness)
If the tree you buy for the holidays this year has trouble remaining upright, here’s why: Guinness has been using stale beer to fertilize Christmas trees.
The unusual fertilization method came about after coronavirus shutdowns left Guinness with hundreds of thousands of unsold barrels of beer, says Aidan Crowe, the company’s director of operations. “It’s been a tough time in the brewery,” he says. “That’s why we took the decision to bring back all of the beer.”
Crowe says the majority of the beer taken back from bars and nightclubs was donated to willow and Christmas tree farms, which have been using it to provide nutrients to the trees.
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