A beer shortage could be coming! The shut down of a very large manufacturer of Carbon dioxide could spell shortages of some beers. Supply Chain Expert Rob Kelly of Headstorm has some insight.
be one more supply chain problem. beer taps running dry. not yet, but if there s going to be a beer shortage, it s going to be a problem. reporter: the problem is to get those bubbles requires co2. much of the nation s carbon dioxide used in beer is shipped from mississippi, where they encountered a recent contamination issue, causing shortages, and then a train line strike in the midwest resulted in co2 delivery problems. a dozen or more breweries that are experiencing the same problem. and those are just the ones that i know of. it was as if a switch went off overnight. reporter: at tarpin river brewing in fort lauderdale they make up to 300 gallons of craft beer a day. that requires 80 pounds of co2. i m showing about 200 psi here, giving us another day or two. if we don t receive shipment by thursday, we re out of luck. reporter: the growing worry? this burp in the co2 supply chain could slow the flow.
[ cheers ] are we actually going? yes!! and once in a lifetime moments. two tickets to nascar! yes! find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. so here are two words many americans won t be hoppy to hear. beer shortage. crisis de cerveza. brewers across the u.s. are finding it hard to get their hands on an important ingredient, carbon dioxide. nbc s kerry sanders is at a brewery in florida with more for us. kerry? reporter: well, this is what you know a brewery looks like. and of course one of the ingredients is the barley. but there is another key ingredient to make this. and that is carbon dioxide, which unfortunately appears to