New Belgium makes climate change beer from ‘less-than-ideal ingredients’

New Belgium is releasing a “Torched Earth Ale” beer to commemorate Earth Day, saying it will allow beer drinkers to taste the effects of climate change.

The new limited-edition beer is made of “some of the less-than-ideal ingredients” that the company says would be “available and affordable to brewers in a climate-ravaged future without aggressive action now to confront the climate crisis,” according to a press release from the company posted online by Brewbound.

According to the release, the beer, which is a “dark starchy liquid with smokey aromatics,” will not win any awards for its taste, but it does “highlight the stakes of climate change for beer lovers everywhere.”ADVERTISEMENT

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