The only plant producing food and medical grade CO2 in NZ has closed down due to a malfunction causing a safety issue. Medical facilities are getting priority for the remaining CO2 supplies, while Coca Cola gets next dibs. Breweries are stuck with thousands of litres of beer that they cannot bottle or can without CO2 to carbonate it. Importing CO2 is very expensive as apparently the tanks to contain it must be very thick and thus are heavy and very expensive to ship.
I told anyone who would listen to me that any number of crises--housing, inflation, health system, Covid, egg shortage were all survivable but a beer shortage would create civil war. And damn if the NZ Prime Minister didn't resign yesterday!
I have some homebrew in the fermenter and ingredients for another batch when I get the time. But going to be some grumpy bogans around here as the existing beer supply dwindles.
As we say down under, "Bloody Hell"!
I told anyone who would listen to me that any number of crises--housing, inflation, health system, Covid, egg shortage were all survivable but a beer shortage would create civil war. And damn if the NZ Prime Minister didn't resign yesterday!
I have some homebrew in the fermenter and ingredients for another batch when I get the time. But going to be some grumpy bogans around here as the existing beer supply dwindles.
As we say down under, "Bloody Hell"!