A gas distributor has put some prices up by nearly 600 percent, because of the Kāpuni CO2 plant shutdown, according to a letter sent to customers.
Supply and Demand in action as expected.
"A lot of the breweries in New Zealand are small businesses, so to have a price increase of that much, potentially will cripple some of these businesses. They can't pass these costs on always," Kees said.
Brewers Guild executive director Melanie Kees.Brewers Guild executive director Melanie Kees. Photo: Supplied "It may mean, both with the shortage and the price increase, that they either pause production of beer, simply because they cannot access the CO2 that they need, or, in some cases, they may actually shut up shop.
A pub with no beer is one thing, a country without beer should make politicians very nervous.
You don't "just" make changes in a complex system.