{"id":282987,"date":"2023-10-12T14:35:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282987"},"modified":"2023-10-12T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:35:38","slug":"beer-faces-unbitter-future-due-to-climate-change-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282987","title":{"rendered":"Beer faces unbitter future due to climate change: study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Just another manufactured climate scaring study. Now it is the style of beer.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change threatens the cultivation in Europe of aromatic hops which gives beer its bitterness, according to a study published Tuesday in\u00a0Nature Communications<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European varieties of hops are prized and used by brewers around the world, but rising temperatures and less rain are reducing yields and the concentration of the compounds that provide beer its refreshing tartness, \u00a0telling us Phys.org<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers observed this trend by analyzing data<\/a> from five sites in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Slovakia, which along with Poland are the primary hops growers in Europe, study co-author Miroslav Trnka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yields fell between 9.5 and 19.4 percent at four sites and were stable at a fifth when data from 1995-2018 was compared with 1971-1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile the concentration of the bitter compounds, alpha acids, decreased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extrapolating from the data, the researchers predicted a drop in yield of between four and 18 percent, compared with 1989-2019 while the concentration of alpha acids could drop between 20 and 31 percent as temperatures rise and rainfall is impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With droughts<\/a> expected to increase in central and southern Europe “it will be necessary to expand the area of aroma hops by 20 percent compared to the current production area to compensate for a future decline in” potency and yields, said the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It called for “urgent adaptation measures to stabilize international market chains” such as moving crops to more suitable areas or irrigating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hops farmers are trying to adapt, but Trnka said their options are limited as “hops needs a specific combination of climate and soil” and the introduction of genetically modified plants designed to better support warmer temperatures<\/a> and drought is prohibited in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brewers can also try to modify their methods to adapt to the reduced bitterness in hops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article\u00a0here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hops is what gives beer its refeshing bitterness, but a study finds climate change is hitting both yields and the potency of the key ingredient to the popular beverage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Just another manufactured climate scaring study. Now it is the style of beer. Climate change threatens the cultivation in Europe of aromatic hops which gives beer its bitterness, according to a study published Tuesday in\u00a0Nature Communications. 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