Carbon dioxide contamination could lead to beer shortage in US

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And what about the CO2 produced as the sugar is converted to alcohol? How much do you need to add? Maybe it’s a problem for a bar draft system but shouldn’t affect bottled beer anyway.
 

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And what about the CO2 produced as the sugar is converted to alcohol? How much do you need to add? Maybe it’s a problem for a bar draft system but shouldn’t affect bottled beer anyway.

They filter the beer and carbonate it when it's bottled.
 

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IT HAS BEGUN!!!!!


Craft breweries are facing tough decisions amid a nationwide carbon dioxide shortage
Breweries have already been facing higher costs for raw materials like aluminum and barley as a result of inflation.

And one brewer has already said it plans to shut down a key manufacturing plant and lay off workers as a result.

Night Shift Brewing, in Everett, Massachusetts, just outside Boston, cited the CO2 shortage as the reason it is suspending operations at its longtime facility and outsourcing to nearby locations instead.
 

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IT HAS BEGUN!!!!!


Craft breweries are facing tough decisions amid a nationwide carbon dioxide shortage
Breweries have already been facing higher costs for raw materials like aluminum and barley as a result of inflation.

And one brewer has already said it plans to shut down a key manufacturing plant and lay off workers as a result.

Night Shift Brewing, in Everett, Massachusetts, just outside Boston, cited the CO2 shortage as the reason it is suspending operations at its longtime facility and outsourcing to nearby locations instead.
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