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From NPR and other news sources, a shortage of CO2 may cause shortages in beer production.
Great googlie moogilies.
In seems the industrialization of beer making uses canned CO2 to give the beer its carbonation instead of using the natural CO2 from brewing. Which brings up a memory of my youth... and a beer commercial.
Schultz and Dooly were animated beer steins - one obviously German and the other Irish that were used to hawk Utica Club beer. Utica is in central New York so it was probably specific to NY state. They had a little song they'd sing:
"Brewing a brew with artificial bubbles,
those carbonated beers of today.
At Utica Club we still take the trouble
to age,
beer,
the natural way.
Utica club, U - C."
Still being made but I'm not sure the whole 'natural way' was a thing to start with.
You'll need to retool but making beer without CO2? Can be done.
-m
Great googlie moogilies.
In seems the industrialization of beer making uses canned CO2 to give the beer its carbonation instead of using the natural CO2 from brewing. Which brings up a memory of my youth... and a beer commercial.
Schultz and Dooly were animated beer steins - one obviously German and the other Irish that were used to hawk Utica Club beer. Utica is in central New York so it was probably specific to NY state. They had a little song they'd sing:
"Brewing a brew with artificial bubbles,
those carbonated beers of today.
At Utica Club we still take the trouble
to age,
beer,
the natural way.
Utica club, U - C."
Still being made but I'm not sure the whole 'natural way' was a thing to start with.
You'll need to retool but making beer without CO2? Can be done.
-m
