Beer may lose its fizz as CO2 supplies go flat during pandemic

Reuters ^ | April 18, 2020 6:08 AM | Stephanie Kelly, Lisa Baertlein

[PGalt]

Out here in Southern California high end craft breweries are selling kegs ridiculously cheap. You can get 1/6 kegs from Golden Road for $60.00.

Interesting. While on vacay with the family in San Diego (August '99), my son and I drove up to LA. Monkish was having a release of something new (I forgot the name). It was outstanding. My 2nd all time fav is Pliny the Elder...favorite is Heady Topper. Stone Enjoy By...is terrific also.

[sphinx]

CO2 is a renewable resource. We just need to burn more coal. Co-locate breweries and power plants.

[xp38]

I would too if I had one to spare.

[lurk]

Just don’t drink beer.

[TexasM1A]

Drink Guiness, they use a nitrogen widget, plus it taste good.

[foreverfree]

Wonder how this affects Yuengling/

ff

[higgmeister]

PBR, I heard that was a Nam thing.   I think they drank that on boats on the river too.

[Olog-hai]

Haven’t touched Guinness since their big St. Patrick’s Day boycott in support of the LGBTQQIAAP openly marching in the parades. Haven’t bothered with the other two big Irish stouts like Murphy’s and Beamish, whose owners did the same thing.

[RandallFlagg]

We had a meeting yesterday and the boss said sales are up twenty percent.
I work at Coors.

[Rio]

I thought that the ethanol guys were all making hand sanitizer now.

[TBall]

Sometimes when I come to FR and read the titles I just lose all hope.

[faithhopecharity]

the left is Full of Sh*t and so NEEDS tons of Toilet Paper

[shanover]

Rooters is a worthless snooze organization.

[cork]

That is blasmphemy

[castlebrew]

Definitely. Once people realize how high carbonation levels affect the tastebuds (and give a bloated feeling), they’ll start dropping the factory swill.

I think I’ve only force-carbonated 1 batch in >25 years of homebrewing. Everything is bottle or keg-conditioned.

Sometimes a little CO2 for draft system. Sometimes a beer engine.

[lurk]

That is blasmphemy

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Case in point.

[Keyhopper]

Just use more sugar when priming

[Cboldt]

Real beer makes its own ;)

[onona]

I’m doing my part

[LeoTDB69]

“What’s with the left and toilet paper shortages?”

We found a way around the TP shortage. There are plenty of lefty newspapers that can be put to good use and finally serve some public good.