Another negative side-effect of #StupidCorona that I'd not considered.......
Many companies in the beer industry are struggling to handle millions of gallons of stale beer. Compared to other alcoholic beverages, beer has a relatively short shelf life. Now, as many businesses are looking at reopening, beer makers and distributors have another problem on their hands: how to safely discard of the surplus beer.
Many companies are looking for environmentally friendly ways to dump gallons of stale beer. Some beer makers are reportedly using stale beer to help with energy production (by using the beverage’s alcohol content to help create natural gas), while others are turning it into hand sanitizer. Others are just dumping it.
A much higher number of kegs are being returned untapped than usual, straining distributors and retailers. Many venues had apparently been stocking up for big events that never happened. As the lockdowns carried on, venues watched as normally busy (and profitable) events and holidays came and went while the beer continued to go bad.
(https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/millions-gallons-stale-beer-cause-troubles-for-industry)
If only this had been caught earlier...... I guarantee you that there are tens of thousands of Americans who would love to take some of this off the distributors' hands.
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Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. note "hand sanitizer" mentioned above....... wouldn't that smell really, really nasty?