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If Jim Salinger is right, the Lucky Countrys beer drinkers might not be feeling quite so lucky in the near future. Dr. Salingers work at the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has led him to the conclusion that climate change - especially the warmer, drier kind of climate change expected in the barley growing regions of Australia and New Zealand - could signal the beginning of drinking lots of watered-down Malcolm Blights. Or worse. It could mean that the pubs of the next century may be as dry as a dingos donger, at least where beer is concerned.
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Salinger warns that climate change, serious climate change that will be undeniable by 2100, will have an adverse effect on the Canterbury region of New Zealand, where Lion Nathan gets about 70 percent of the malted barley it uses to make its thirst-quenching amber fluid. Where this brewing giant is affected, beer drinkers throughout the South Pacific are affected, too. Beer affected by climate change could mean the cost of a slab skyrockets or it could mean no more coldies at all.
Malting barley, the kind used for brewing beer, is an important crop in NZs Canterbury and in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. The hotter and drier climate in these barley-producing regions expected in coming decades will produce water shortages even more extreme than they are now. Climate change serious enough to deplete production means beer affected by short supply of malting barley is likely to be quite expensive. And it might not taste the same, either.
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The malting barley traditional grown in these regions may need to be replaced by a more drought- and heat-resistant variety. New and different malting barleys will likely alter the flavor of the beer favored today.
Nows a good time to grab a Mick Jagger to enjoy with a plateful of airships and clouds or a strip of Mallee bull hot off the barbie. The longnecks of tomorrow will probably be too exy to grow a Ned Kelly and may not be tasty enough to enjoy more than a butcher at a time.
Climate change serious. Beer Affected. Could this be the Aussie weight-loss diet of the future?