Sustainable SipsEarth Day may have come and gone and with it the lip-service to eco-conscious practices. Dig through the marketing material of many a company, you find that it's just that. So we did the heavy lifting—and tasting—for you to find the most sustainable whiskey distillers with bottles available for purchase now. Marble Distilling Co.: For its Hoover's Revenge Ragged Mountain rye ($66), this Carbondale, Colo.-based distillery sources its grains from a farm less than a mile away and re-uses 100% of its process water. Bowmore: Since 1984, this Islay leader has been reclaiming hot air rolling off the stills for its malting floor, where barley is readied for fermentation. Its 25 Year Old single malt ($400) remains one of the best value in luxury labels on the market.  Sustainable whiskey buying guide part 1. Source: Vendors Blinking Owl: This Orange County, Calif., craft outfit has neurotically pursued the goal of offering a 100% state-grown product, working almost exclusively with organic producers and growers. A limited edition Bottled-In-Bond bourbon ($250) is easily among the tastiest American whiskey releases of 2021. The Macallan: A new $200 million distillery is capped under one of Europe's largest green roofs, spanning just over 12,000 square meters. Every bottle of Edition 6 ($150) funds a charitable partnership between the distillery and the Atlantic Salmon Trust to further protect the River Spey, the very heart and soul of Speyside whisky. Belgrove Distillery: This Tasmanian producer's eponymous A$155 ($120) Belgrove rye whisky is birthed from the world's first—and only—biodiesel still, fueled by waste from a local fish-and-chip fryer. Its owner is even considering using leftover sheep dung in lieu of peat to smoke future batches  Sustainable whiskey buying guide part 2. Source: Vendors Tamworth Distillery: The craft darling of central New Hampshire relies exclusively on organic corn to produce its award-winning Old Man of the Mountain Bottled-In-Bond bourbon ($55)—and sends close to half-million pounds of spent grain "waste" per year to be baked into bread. Maker's Mark: Until scalability scuttled its green initiative, one of the world's biggest bourbon brands had been turning its spent grain into alternative fuel for its stills. It accounted for a 25% reduction in natural gas consumption from 2010 until 2013. Some of that liquid is just now exiting the barrel eight years later into its signature wax-dipped bottles ($30). Far North Spirits: You won't even find a trash dumpster on property at one of America's greenest distilleries, located less than 20 miles below the Canadian border. Secure a bottle of the Roknar Minnesota rye ($35), distilled from estate-grown Hazlet Winter rye and heirloom corn, then finished in cognac barrels. | 
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