Do you like beer? Forget its taste because of global warming!

The increasing temperature at our planet reflects badly on the one of main beer’s ingredients - hops. According to the words of the climatologist from the Czech Hydro meteorological Institute, conditions for growing hops deteriorate with every passing year. Czech scientists have made a number of observations, where they used data about weather, yield and quality of hops to assess the impact of global warming on this important component of beer.

The study had been lasted for 50 years. The Data from 1954 to 2006, which were collected in the Czech city of Zatec (often called just "the capital of hops")and processed by scientists, give us the disappointing forecast. It is believed that of the higher class can be called only the hops which contain 5% of alpha acids. It is they, and it is the percentage which gives a beer the famous bitter flavor. The study showed that half a century ago the proportions of alpha-acids began to change. Every year their concentration in the hops is reduced for 0,06%.
Slight annual changes resulted in a serious problem for the past half century and drastically affected the taste of beer. In addition, reduction is still going on, and specialists have to say that the classic Czech beer will be difficult to call a sample in the future.Not only Czech brewers face such a problem, but also their colleagues from Germany and Slovakia, who are no less renowned for their hops.

Are you ready to refuse from your favourite beer, my friends?