Beer fans, whomp whomp: A warming planet is already altering the taste and quality of beer unless farmers adapt to rising temperatures and protect their yields, The Guardian reports, citing a study warning of the impacts of climate change on the world’s third-most popular drink. The study argues climate change is affecting the quantity and quality of hops, a main ingredient in most beer. “Beer drinkers will definitely see the climate change, either in the price tag or the quality … that seems to be inevitable from our data,” study co-author Miroslav Trnka said.

By the numbers: Scientists see hop yields in growing regions in Europe would decline by 4% to 18% by 2050 if farmers don’t seek adaptation methods to the higher temperatures. The content of alpha acids in the jobs, which give the popular drink its special taste and smell, will plunge by 20% to 31% by mid-century.

Just a buzzkill: The climate crisis is expected to have a heavy toll on the beer-brewing industry in central Europe which is a keystone of its culture, The Guardian notes. The population in the Czech Republic are the world’s top beer drinkers, according to data from Japanese beer company Kirin. Germany’s Oktoberfest welcomes 6 mn beer drinkers from all over the world annually, with the beer-loving country regulating the industry through a “purity law” for 500 years.