Second Street heads into the Oktoberforest for a good cause

Second Street Brewery is celebrating Oktoberfest with a special event at the Railyard location today (Tuesday) from 5 to 8 p.m. It is not, however, just about the beer.

The name of this special brew, which will be on tap and for sale in six-pack cans, is Oktoberforest, and is part of a wider campaign by The Nature Conservancy this autumn. Second Street is one of 150-plus breweries across the country that are participating. The goal is to show how the health of our forests impacts the health of our rivers, which in turn provide the very water that beer is brewed with across the country.

As the article on The Nature Conservancy site notes, “Clean, plentiful water depends on healthy surrounding natural areas, like forests. From the tree canopy all the way down to root systems, every part of a forest plays a critical role in cleaning, storing and protecting our water supply. Tree canopies of lar

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