A server delivers food and a beer in a bar.
A server delivers food and a beer in a bar.
  • The climate crisis is reducing European hop production, crucial for IPA beers.
  • New research predicts the yield of already high-demand aroma hops to drop between 4% and 18% by 2050.
  • Europe hop farmers face challenges adapting to rising temperatures and droughts.

Inflation is still affecting the prices of many goods, but now the climate crisis is about to make it worse for some of the most popular beers — IPAs.