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Climate change could impact the St. Patrick’s Day drink of choice
Channel 3000 News ^ | March 17, 2022 | Dana Fulton

Posted on 03/17/2022 4:22:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — Over the last 50 years, the average temperature on St. Patrick’s Day in Madison has increased by more than 3 degrees. Madison isn’t alone; close to 97% of weather stations in the United States have seen an increase in average spring temperatures since 1970 (data collected from the Applied Climate Information System).

Climate change may have a big impact on the unofficial drink of St. Patrick’s Day: beer. Three of the key ingredients are quite fragile when it comes to rising temperatures and prolonged drought.

Large qualities of water are required to brew beer; water makes up much of the physical beer in the glass and is necessary for growing hops and barley. Limited water resources could lead to future problems for the beer industry.

Barley is a temperature-sensitive plant, and temperature extremes could cause a significant drop in production.

As for hops, the ingredient most in control of a beer’s specific flavor, the future could become a battle of quality. While the plant appears to survive high temperatures, the quality of the hops could be directly impacted by drought and extreme temperatures.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Conspiracy; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: barley; beer; greenputinpuppets; hops; izmeneniyeklimata; pootygreenies; putinapproves; russiaapproves; theapprovednarrative; water
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’m picking a…

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41 posted on 03/17/2022 7:22:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Here's the monthly data from Madison WI for the last 151 years. Show me where it's gone up at all:


42 posted on 03/17/2022 7:26:40 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Capitalism is what happens when you leave people alone.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Helas, a malted product of Greece, sells here for five shekels a bottle, three bottles for ten shekels, equivalent of about three bucks fifty USD. So apparently Greece’s beer supply is not effected by global warming. They even export for cheap.


43 posted on 03/18/2022 3:06:08 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (January 6, worst assault on democracy since the Reichstag Fire)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

That does it. Every last cent of mine is going to Al gore so he can save beer.


44 posted on 03/18/2022 3:15:32 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: Rio

Who will brew beer made with molten polar ice-cap water?
= = =

Well, it will be referred to as “Polar Bear Pee”


45 posted on 03/18/2022 8:02:32 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Dana Fulton, go get a life and a real job.


46 posted on 03/18/2022 8:03:51 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: eyeamok
I think she would.


47 posted on 03/18/2022 8:14:21 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Malarkey.


48 posted on 03/18/2022 8:15:12 AM PDT by Allegra
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