Carbon dioxide is a precious commodity in brewing. The gas is what gives beer its fizz.
Although literally tons of it are produced during fermentation, CO2 is not easy or cheap for small brewers to capture, so it's often vented into the atmosphere. Instead of grabbing that CO2 to carbonate beer, tanks of CO2 are trucked in from across the country to meet brewers' needs.
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