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Your Craft Beer Is About to Get More Expensive
- Snowy weather flattens barley crop, roils malt supplies
- Poor-quality grain boosts price of beverage ingredient
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Miserable weather for Canada’s barley crop means the price of a pint of craft beer is poised to rise.
A blast of rain and snow that damaged the malting barley crop in Canada, one of the world’s top exporters, isn’t just crimping output. It’s squeezing margins for brewers that rely on malt to flavor their beer.