Brace for the coming beer shortage

Axios ^ | Mike Deehan

[calljack]

Now its getting serious.

[chaosagent]

A CO2 production hub in Jackson, Mississippi, became contaminated by an extinct volcano

Jackson, MS has extinct volcanos? Who knew?

[z3n]

One beer doesn't use CO2

[joshua c]

they are manufacturing CO2 which is then released all over the world?

i thought CO2 was a bad thing

to fight globull warming carbonated beverages should be banned

no beer or soda to save the erf

[V_TWIN]

“switched to using nitrogen where they can, which required new hardware and training and can alter the taste and feel of the beer”

Yeah, not unlike coffee I drink it for the effect not the taste......and Iguess I’m a dumbass but I have no idea what the hell “feel” means.

[Red Badger]

In Europe the sodas are flat.......................

[Red Badger]

Maybe the bubbles are smaller?......................

[dsrtsage]

[frogjerk]

Mouthfeel...creaminess....smaller bubbles

[Sirius Lee]

One beer doesn't use CO2

Same for Old Speckled Hen, as long as you get the cask or nitro can version.

[V_TWIN]

Maybe....or maybe it has to do with the palate......either way it’s too sofisticated for my redneck ass.

[RFEngineer]

If these boys made real beer the yeast on the second fermentation would carbonate the stuff. Yeah, I know too old school and doesn’t help push beer out of a keg.

[Songcraft]

They probably want everyone to switch...

     

[conservative98]

[frogjerk]

A spunding valve can be used to cut down on the amount of CO2 being to be additionally added. IPAs will be most affected. That is a good thing IMHO.

[Rurudyne]

You know, “Mississippi” and “volcano” are two words you rarely see in the same sentence.

[lodi90]

Not fake news. Some gas stations have been out of beverage CO2 for more than a week around Jax, FL.

[frogjerk]

Time for a cask ale revolution in the USA.