Pangolin Beer is the low-alcohol offering from Fauna Brewing, which uses profits from all its beers, to help endangered species. Other beers help chimps to cheetahs! This beer boost lots of oats for a silky mouthfeel, an ideal vegan-friendly table beer.
Pangolins may look like anteaters, but they are not related. Covered in scales, they (like hedgehogs) roll into a ball when threatened. They eat insects with their 2-foot long tongue. These beautiful creatures are now critically endangered, horribly abused for both food and ‘medicine’ in Africa and Asia.
Low-alcohol craft beers are just what they sound like delicious, expertly brewed beers with a lower alcohol by volume (ABV). Typically, these beers range from 0.5% to 3.5% ABV. They pack all the punch in flavour you’d expect from a craft beer but won’t leave you feeling sluggish or woozy, making them ideal for daytime drinking.
Fauna Brewing makes beers that help endangered species, including Cheeky Chimp, a low-alcohol craft beer. Each beer supports a different endangered species including:
- IPA (helps African wild dogs)
- Pango Table Beer (helps pangolins, the most trafficked animal on earth)
- Cheetah Lager (helps the fastest land animal)
- Cheeky Chimp (a low-alcohol beer)
The beer is all brewed by artisans on a hill, near the beautiful West Sussex town of Arundel. You can buy separate cans or variety packs.
Never buy beers wrapped in plastic rings (some shops have stopped selling them). They are invisible in water, and often get stuck around birds’ necks and beaks. If you see any, rip the holes up and securely bin them.
Some supermarkets have now banned the sale of beers wrapped in plastic rings. Please don’t buy them as they suffocate and injure birds and wildlife, as they are invisible in water. If you see any, just rip the holes and put them in the nearest litter bin. Or ideally place them in local supermarket bag bins, where they can be recycled.
Artisan Gin (to help endangered pangolins)
Pangolin Gin is an artisan gin that uses profits to help animals, in this case the pangolin (the most trafficked animal on earth). It contains African botanicals of Rooibos, Honeybush and Boabab, with fresh bursts of citrus (also in Navy Strength and Pink Peppercorn varieties).
Avoid tonic water (esp. grapefruit or rhubarb) for some medical conditions. Also avoid for pregnancy/nursing (but then you hopefully aren’t drinking alcohol anyway).
Pangolins may look like anteaters, but they are not related. Covered in scales, they (like hedgehogs) roll into a ball when threatened. They eat insects with their 2-foot long tongue. These beautiful creatures are now critically endangered, horribly abused for both food and ‘medicine’ in Africa and Asia.
Artisan Gin (to help endangered rhinos)
Urban Rhino Gin uses profits to help save critically endangered white rhinos. The founder’s friend had decided to build the world’s first rhino orphanage (the first orphan arriving even before it was built). So each sip ensures you are helping babies who have lost their rhino parents to find safety from poachers. Distilled in Henley, this gin contains six botanicals (juniper. lemon peel, coriander seed, orris root, cassia bark and liquorice root).
Rhinos are hugely endangered (the last male white rhino recently went extinct, leaving two females). Poached for their horns (made from keratin), these have no medical value anyway, yet they sell for thousands of dollars on illegal markets. Read more on how to help save endangered rhinos.
Artisan Gin (that helps endangered elephants)
Elephant Gin uses profits to help protect habitats for endangered elephants. Also available as orange cocoa, Sloe gin and Elephant Strength gin! Everything’s plastic-free with lighter bottles, natural cork, hemp stress and cardboard boxes.
Elephants are still endangered, due to illegal poaching. Supporting sanctuaries that protect them in the wild is far better than taking children to visit elephants in zoos, where they have very little space, the weather is not natural for them (say in London zoo). And in the wild, they live in herds of sometimes hundreds, roaming hundreds of miles. Read more on helping elephants.
Spirit Liqueurs (to help endangered gorillas
Gorilla Spirits Co offers boozy spirits and liqueurs with a difference. As a portion of profits go to a charity that helps endangered gorillas, one of our closest relatives. Also available for contract distilling, this company is a great switch from major brand names, as you can sip on your favourite tipples, while helping the great apes.
The range includes:
- Silverback VSOG is aged in cherry, with hints of smokiness, vanilla and dried fruit. Perfect after dinner, neat or over ice.
- Blackback Mountain Strength Vodka is made from British wheat, with notes of warm spice.
All wild gorillas (both eastern and western gorillas) live in central Africa, they don’t see each other, as there is a big rainforest between them. They move in ‘troops’ of up to 30 gorillas, which is led by the dominant silverback male, a few females and the children. Critically endangered, due to loss of habitat and poaching.
Mostly herbivores (they will sometimes eat insects and snails), the silverback is around 10 times stronger than a human man, but mostly are gentle, they only attack if they feel at risk, or are protecting their families. One of the most clever of all animals, they can make bamboo ladders to help babies reach trees, and even make cutlery from twigs, to eat insects.