Brewing a cold beer on a warming planet is hard. Germany uses education to fight climate change
Associated Press
MUNICH (AP) — Germany’s beer industry relies on education and research to combat the climate change that’s wreaking havoc on farms and breweries across the country. The art and craft of hops-farming and beer-brewing in Germany dates back more than a thousand years and requires strict scholarship. From the Society of Hop Research in the heart of Bavaria to a hops-cultivation vocational program, apprenticeships and the vaunted Master Brewer diploma, experts say they’re all becoming ever more important to maintaining the traditional taste of your favorite pint amid rising temperatures, drought and the dreaded powdery mildew that can wipe out entire crops.
