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It’s that time of year again. Strategy, game plans, sudden death: a time when challengers fall and only the victors remain. Am I talking about the Presidential primaries? Actually, I’m thinking more about the NFL playoffs. As football fans, you probably haven’t been spending sleepless nights thinking of ways to green your Super Bowl. Little did you know how enjoyable this can be. The best way to be environmentally friendly during the playoffs is to drink organic beer! If being green was always this easy, I know a few people who could leave Al Gore in the dust.

Budweiser and Miller have had one of the longer feuds in football history, and you can rest assured that you can continue to participate in this Super Bowl tradition while going green because both breweries offer an organic ale. Before you turn up your nose, you should know that organic beer took home three gold medals in the 2006 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, and sales of organic beer have increased so much in the last few years that it’s become difficult to find enough organic hops to meet demand.

Miller’s organic beer of choice is Henry Weinhard’s Organic Amber Premium Ale. A smooth, full-bodied beer made with USDA-certified organic ingredients. If you’re a Bud man (or woman), Anheuser-Busch offers you two choices; Wild Hop lager and Stone Mill pale ale. Both beers are labeled by the Green Valley Brewing Co., not Anheuser-Busch. And if you happen to prefer going your own way, there are a number of tasty organic beers from smaller breweries. Look for Butte Creek pilsner and Bison’s pale ale.

If organic beer just isn’t your style, you can always head to your local microbrewery. Anything produced locally is also considered a green choice. So plan your party, invite your friends, load up with snacks ... and when you buy your beer – go green!