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New Belgium creates "Torched Earth" beer that tastes like climate change: "Like eating a Band-Aid"
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The New Belgium brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, is famous for its Fat Tire ale and sizable supply of suds. But recently, CEO Steve Fechheimer decided to craft a new beer, created to highlight how climate change threatens breweries.
"It's not usually good business to make a bad product," Fechheimer told CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy.
His brewmaster, Dave Glor, said he was confused when he was asked to make the beer because he's "not usually asked to make bad tasting beers."
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