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(Serious Eats)   CO2 is becoming more expensive, and that's bad news for ... beer?   (seriouseats.com) divider line
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472 clicks; posted to Food » and STEM » on 11 Dec 2022 at 4:02 PM (14 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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dionysusaur [TotalFark]
2022-12-11 12:12:00 PM  
If you have to carbonate your brew, you aren"t a real brewer.
 
fragMasterFlash [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-11 1:21:40 PM  
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Dodo David [TotalFark]
2022-12-11 1:25:35 PM  
Perhaps someone can get Budweiser to stop using carbon dioxide.
It's not like Budweiser is making beer anyway.
 
Dave and the Mission [TotalFark]
2022-12-11 2:51:17 PM  
The biggest brewers use by far more CO2 than the craft brewers, but an increase in price is going to affect the smaller operations disproportionally.

Can't we just move the Budweiser factory next door to the coal plant and pump the CO2 over?
 
KarmicDisaster [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-11 4:08:59 PM  
You would think that if we have enough of anything, it would be CO2
 
Telephone Sanitizer Second Class
2022-12-11 4:10:21 PM  

dionysusaur: If you have to carbonate your brew, you aren"t a real brewer.


This is the dumbest thing I have read all day, and I was just on Twitter.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2022-12-11 4:11:43 PM  

KarmicDisaster: You would think that if we have enough of anything, it would be CO2


It's trapped in the general atmosphere and costs money to extract
 
KarmicDisaster [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-11 4:21:42 PM  

leeksfromchichis: KarmicDisaster: You would think that if we have enough of anything, it would be CO2

It's trapped in the general atmosphere and costs money to extract


Yeah, I know, it is just ironic.
 
Fooshards
2022-12-11 4:23:39 PM  

Dave and the Mission: The biggest brewers use by far more CO2 than the craft brewers, but an increase in price is going to affect the smaller operations disproportionally.

Can't we just move the Budweiser factory next door to the coal plant and pump the CO2 over?


"Now, with 30% more Carbon Sequestration!"
 
WelldeadLink
2022-12-11 4:27:07 PM  
Is this the 3rd or 4th repeat?
 
MusicMakeMyHeadPound [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-11 4:31:34 PM  

dionysusaur: If you have to carbonate your brew, you aren"t a real brewer.


As a homebrewer, I like the cut of your jib.

As someone who actually read the article, though:   ( ._.)  stop that.
 
cyberspacedout
2022-12-11 4:32:57 PM  

KarmicDisaster: leeksfromchichis: KarmicDisaster: You would think that if we have enough of anything, it would be CO2

It's trapped in the general atmosphere and costs money to extract

Yeah, I know, it is just ironic.


There's also the possibility of CO2 capture from more concentrated sources, such as gas power plants or desalination. I'm guessing they won't be used for beer anytime soon, though.
 
Telephone Sanitizer Second Class
2022-12-11 4:42:07 PM  

WelldeadLink: Is this the 3rd or 4th repeat?


At least the 5th, and in every thread you get people insisting that this isn't a problem because fermentation creates CO2. I'm surprised nobody has jumped in yet telling us this is good news because they don't like IPAs.
 
ArcadianRefugee
2022-12-11 4:43:05 PM  
https://www.fark.com/comments/12642384/Theres-too-much-CO2-in-atmosphere-but-we-dont-have-enough-CO2-Enjoy-your-flat-beer-when-it-arrives

https://www.fark.com/comments/12570300/Do-we-need-a-letter-to-President-from-Einstein-before-we-get-serious-about-splitting-beer-atom
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2022-12-11 4:50:38 PM  

Telephone Sanitizer Second Class: WelldeadLink: Is this the 3rd or 4th repeat?

At least the 5th, and in every thread you get people insisting that this isn't a problem because fermentation creates CO2. I'm surprised nobody has jumped in yet telling us this is good news because they don't like IPAs.


Why would IPAs come up in a thread about beer?
 
cyberspacedout
2022-12-11 4:53:24 PM  

Telephone Sanitizer Second Class: WelldeadLink: Is this the 3rd or 4th repeat?

At least the 5th...


...and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
 
KB202
2022-12-11 5:04:25 PM  

leeksfromchichis: KarmicDisaster: You would think that if we have enough of anything, it would be CO2

It's trapped in the general atmosphere and costs money to extract


If the price of beer and soda goes up, extracting CO2 becomes cost-effective.
 
LrdPhoenix
2022-12-11 6:20:34 PM  
Quick, everybody hyperventilate!
 
The Smails Kid
2022-12-11 7:20:06 PM  

LrdPhoenix: Quick, everybody hyperventilate!


Blow me.
 
raygundan
2022-12-11 7:20:12 PM  

leeksfromchichis: Telephone Sanitizer Second Class: WelldeadLink: Is this the 3rd or 4th repeat?

At least the 5th, and in every thread you get people insisting that this isn't a problem because fermentation creates CO2. I'm surprised nobody has jumped in yet telling us this is good news because they don't like IPAs.

Why would IPAs come up in a thread about beer?


Right? It's like comparing Carl Lewis to a 5th-grade track meet- it's hardly fair to the other beers.

/I kid
//like what you like
///I'll dispose of any IPAs you don't want
 
RepoManTSM
2022-12-11 7:31:24 PM  
Just drink cheap vodka straight from the bottle like civilized farker.
 
Caelistis
2022-12-11 9:25:13 PM  
Is mead still ok? <checks>

Yep, everything is still fine.
 
Bruscar
2022-12-11 9:43:36 PM  
Screw the conversation about beer and brewing. How in the hell is there a CO2 shortage?
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2022-12-11 10:37:49 PM  

Bruscar: Screw the conversation about beer and brewing. How in the hell is there a CO2 shortage?


"The beginning of the CO2 shortage started with pandemic-related shutdowns in 2020, when ethanol production came to a halt. Two years later, production levels still haven't returned to normal. With the supply of carbon dioxide from the Jackson Dome jeopardized, brewers are looking for alternative sources of the gas-and even attempting to capture it themselves"

It's mostly a shortage for brewers. Their cheap co2 from jackson dome was apparently fueling their industry
 
LoneVVolf
2022-12-11 11:20:15 PM  

Bruscar: Screw the conversation about beer and brewing. How in the hell is there a CO2 shortage?


There's a CO2 shortage the way there's a labor shortage; large corporations b*tch about things being unavailable when dirt cheap sources dry up.  You know, they way they explain "the market adjusts" when they jack prices up, only applied to them.
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2022-12-12 11:54:47 AM  

dionysusaur: If you have to carbonate your brew, you aren"t a real brewer.


More like you don't sell your beer retail.
 
RogermcAllen [OhFark]
2022-12-12 12:51:47 PM  

MusicMakeMyHeadPound: dionysusaur: If you have to carbonate your brew, you aren"t a real brewer.

As a homebrewer, I like the cut of your jib.

As someone who actually read the article, though:   ( ._.)  stop that.


Completely unrelated, but I bought this and thought of you because you liked one of their other labels (definitely not in a creepy way, because I'm definitely not a creepy person).
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I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-12 2:03:53 PM  

WelldeadLink: Is this the 3rd or 4th repeat?


It's beer, we have to get to at least a six-peat, and 12 and 24 certainly aren't out of the question.
 
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