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A CO2 Shortage is Causing a Beer and Meat Crisis in Britain (qz.com)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is used in the production of a wide variety of food and drink products. But with at least five CO2 producers across northern Europe offline, a shortfall in the gas is causing shortages in beer, fizzy drinks, and meat. From a report: Britain is particularly affected because the seasonal shutdown of the plants has meant that the UK has only one big plant producing CO2 left. The British Beer and Pub Association, along with individual beer producers and pubs, has warned of the crisis caused by the shortage. Without naming companies, the trade association said the shortfall has caused beer production shortages. Heineken, the UK's biggest brewer, said its CO2 supplier was facing "a major issue" in the UK. Meanwhile, one of Britain's biggest pub chains, Wetherspoons, said it'll be forced to pull a number of beers and fizzy drinks from its menu soon.
If the entire Slashdot community can agree on *anything*, it should be that a shortage of meat and beer is indeed a crisis worthy of drastic government intervention.
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"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?!"
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*Leans back to watch the chaos and reaches to pop open a.....oh wait*
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You mean they make Heineken taste that way .. *on purpose*? Is the skunky taste from the green bottle intentional as well? =/
I thought we were in a crisis because of too much CO2. Now there's a shortage?
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Having very little carbonation brings out light and delicate flavors in the beer that are usually masked by having lots of C02. My favorite are cask drawn IPAs.
How can you even tell? In my experience, the only ingredient you can taste in most IPAs is the overwhelming amount of hops.
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That is what they get for buying into the global warming/CO2 is bad story. They need a machine that will suck CO2 from the air and put it into the bottles they use in the beer & meat industry.
"German beer makers have to capture their own Co2 to use later during bottling."
Which only makes sense.
Everybody knows natural CO2 is much better than the artificial one. Who wants chemicals into his beer!?