EPA TRI Facility · Beverages
Wicked Weed Brewing
Candler, NC · Parent: Anheuser-Busch Inbev
- Total releases
- 11.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Wicked Weed Brewing: how the 11.1K lbs splits
11.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.1K lbs 100.0%
Wicked Weed Brewing's 11.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Wicked Weed Brewing is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Candler, NC, in the beverages sector. It reported 11.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021. That ranks 9,598 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Wicked Weed Brewing is pounds #308 and chemical-count #562 at 11.1K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Shakespeare Co LLC; Southern Concrete Materials-Pond Road Plant; Adams an Oldcastle Co-Asheville; Dave Steel Co Inc. Similar-scale Beverages peers outside North Carolina: Cruzan Rum Ltd.; Anheuser-Busch LLC (merrimack Brewery); Reddy Ice-Gaffney (435); Golden State Vintners. Other Anheuser-Busch Inbev sites in this extract: Metal Container Corp-Jacksonville Can Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Wicked Weed Brewing stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.1K lbs (2021–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cruzan Rum Ltd. and Anheuser-Busch LLC (merrimack Brewery).
Wicked Weed Brewing vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wicked Weed Brewing: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 79 Beverages facilities in this database, Wicked Weed Brewing reports the 41st-largest volume (11.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Cruzan Rum Ltd. and Anheuser-Busch LLC (merrimack Brewery).
Concentrated means ≥60% of Wicked Weed Brewing's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Wicked Weed Brewing Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wicked Weed Brewing releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.1K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 11.1K lbs | - |
Wicked Weed Brewing · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wicked Weed Brewing
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Shakespeare Co LLC, Southern Concrete Materials-Pond Road Plant, Adams an Oldcastle Co-Asheville, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Beverages Facilities
Other Beverages facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Cruzan Rum Ltd., Anheuser-Busch LLC (merrimack Brewery), Reddy Ice-Gaffney (435).
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Wicked Weed Brewing on cumulative reported pounds (11.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Piercan USA Inc., Crowley Juneau Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Abw Technologies. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Piercan USA Inc. San Marcos, CA · Plastics and Rubber 11.1K lbs reported
- Crowley Juneau Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Juneau, AK · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11.1K lbs reported
- Abw Technologies Arlington, WA · Fabricated Metals 11.1K lbs reported
- Florim USA Inc Clarksville, TN · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 11.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Anheuser-Busch Inbev Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Metal Container Corp-Jacksonville Can Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Shakespeare Co LLC. Wicked Weed Brewing stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Wicked Weed Brewing TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wicked Weed Brewing totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Candler, NC, latest year 2021. NAICS 312120 · Beverages. 0.3% of Buncombe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Piercan USA Inc. (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wicked Weed Brewing stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov