EPA TRI Facility · Beverages
Karbach Brewing
Houston, TX · Parent: Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC
- Total releases
- 4.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Karbach Brewing: how the 4.7K lbs splits
4.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.7K lbs 100.0%
Karbach Brewing's 4.7K 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Karbach Brewing is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the beverages sector. It reported 4.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 11,331 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Karbach Brewing is pounds #1087 and chemical-count #1266 at 4.7K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA; Mirror Industries; International Paint LLC; Afglobal Maass Rings & Forge Lumberdale. Similar-scale Beverages peers outside Texas: Refresco US Inc.; Franzia Sanger; Nor-Cal Beverage Co Inc.; Molson Coors USA Llc-Milwaukee Brewery. Other Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC sites in this extract: Anheuser-Busch LLC; Metal Container Corportion - Windsor Can Plant; Metal Container Corp - Arnold Can Plant; Metal Container Corp-Newburgh Can Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Karbach Brewing stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.7K lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Refresco US Inc. and Franzia Sanger.
Karbach Brewing vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.7K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Karbach Brewing: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 79 Beverages facilities in this database, Karbach Brewing reports the 52nd-largest volume (4.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Refresco US Inc. and Franzia Sanger.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Karbach Brewing's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Karbach Brewing's total reported releases fell from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Karbach Brewing's off-site transfers fell from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Karbach Brewing's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Karbach Brewing Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Karbach Brewing releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (2.8K lbs to 0 lbs).
Karbach Brewing: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Karbach Brewing year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2021 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 4.7K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Karbach Brewing · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Karbach Brewing
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA, Mirror Industries, International Paint LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Beverages Facilities
Other Beverages facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Refresco US Inc., Franzia Sanger, Nor-Cal Beverage Co Inc..
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Karbach Brewing on cumulative reported pounds (4.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Thatcher Co of North Dakota Inc, Southern Ionics Inc, Champion Carrier Corp.. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Thatcher Co of North Dakota Inc Glendive, MT · Chemicals 4.7K lbs reported
- Southern Ionics Inc Sulphur, LA · Chemicals 4.7K lbs reported
- Champion Carrier Corp. Hermitage, PA · Transportation Equipment 4.7K lbs reported
- Central Washington Concrete - Quincy Quincy, WA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 4.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Anheuser-Busch LLC, Metal Container Corportion - Windsor Can Plant, Metal Container Corp - Arnold 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Brougher Inc D/b/a Forge USA. Karbach 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 Karbach Brewing TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Karbach Brewing totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 312120 · Beverages. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Thatcher Co of North Dakota Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Karbach Brewing stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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