Lakes Brew Co brews beer for Save Windermere campaign

Lakes Brew Co has brewed an 'easy drinking, perfectly hopped light beer' and pledged to donate 10p from every can of Leave No Trace to the Save Windermere campaign. 

A spokesperson from the business said they feel 'deeply protective of the beautiful area that surrounds us.' 

The campaign, which aims to end all sewage discharges into Windermere, has had national attention, including from celebrities such as Paul Whitehouse, Steve Coogan, Lee Mack and Feargal Sharkey. 

10p from every can sold will go to the Save Windermere campaign (Image: Lakes Brew Co)

Leave No Trace is described as an 'easy drinking, perfectly hopped light beer that is bursting with citrus and tropical notes, created to raise the importance of embracing the true ethics of the region, their namesake, the outdoors code and one to live by.' 

Co-founder Michelle Gay said: "Growing up in the Lakes has always meant days and evenings spent in the outdoors swimming and enjoying what we sometimes take for granted having all this on our doorstep, but now with children of my own this campaign and the need for action has really resonated with our brewery.

"I want my children to be safe and healthy being active in and around the Lakes."

Save Windermere wants to adopt a Lake Annecy approach which would remove all inputs into the lake.

The Leave No Trace can with the Save Windermere logo (Image: Lakes Brew Co)

Water company United Utilities said it would need to build a 67km pipeline around the perimeter of the lake, a 1.1km tunnel under and across the bed of the lake and a new wastewater treatment works in Grange to do this.  

The founder Matt Staniek started the campaign after observing a drop in biodiversity and his campaign started to gain wide attention when large blue-green algal blooms spread across the lake in 2022. Blue-green algae can be caused by sewage pollution. 

United Utilities argues that 1,800 individual septic tanks and agricultural runoff into the lake would also need to be stopped to create a sewage-free Windermere. 

Mr Staniek said: "As we head towards the general election, we must make a stand for our lake. People now have a choice: either help the campaign achieve its goal of a sewage-free Windermere, protecting our lake forever, or remain quiet whilst United Utilities continues dumping sewage into the lake. It’s just that simple."