Otter Creek Brewing, Middlebury, Vermont:  In December 2005, Otter Creek became the first U.S. brewery to use B20 in its boilers used to produce steam needed to brew the beer and heat its buildings.  Their tractor also runs on B20.  Otter Creek’s 3,000 gallon fuel tank is located outside.  The brewery uses about 40,000 gallons of B20 (8,000 gallons of biodiesel) a year. 

“We switched to biodiesel because we were looking at how to reduce air pollution and move toward carbon neutrality,” said Otter Creek President Morgan Wolaver.  “We burn a lot of electricity and fuel and we felt using biodiesel was the best and most economical way to reduce emissions.”