Glacial Beer

[Whistlingjack]

An item on Foreign Correspondent (ABC1) tonight showed a brewer in Greenland collecting glacial ice from a small harbour to use as brew liquor.

He sees the positives of global warming, with the melting of the glaciers leading to an increase in the amount of ice available...

Neat...

WJ

 

[boingk]

Neat...

...yeah until you get to the point where we've gotta live underground to avoid the superheated atmosphere, but are also screwed in that regard because there isn't a hell of a lot of land left...

Still, wouldn't mind some glacial water for my beer hey!

 

[winkle]

The Thirsty Traveller did an episode on it so it'll probably repeat on Discovery Travel some time soon.

 

[Whistlingjack]

...yeah until you get to the point where we've gotta live underground to avoid the superheated atmosphere, but are also screwed in that regard because there isn't a hell of a lot of land left...

Still, wouldn't mind some glacial water for my beer hey!

At least someone can find something positive from the impending doom, and it takes a brewer to do it!

WJ(carbon negative)

Edit: To congratulate winkle on his 1000th post, 'cause I can...

 

[enoch]

Its on their website for download now:



http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2008/s2163199.htm