The elusive ancestor of the yeast species used in modern lager beer has been found in Europe for the first time. The discovery of the species living in Irish soil suggests the yeast was present in ...
In 1516, the duchy of Bavaria in Germany imposed a law on its beer brewers meant to reserve ingredients like wheat and rye for the baking of bread. The decree restricted brewers to using only barley, ...
On weekends, Jim Withee jumps on his mountain bike and hits the trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Instead of a backpack full of PowerBars, he carries sterile containers and forceps. With gloved ...
The lowly wasp. We swat it, curse it, kill it and shoo it away from our eaves. But where we see pain and swelling, John Sheppard sees beer. An N.C. State professor of bioprocessing science, Sheppard ...
It all started as an effort to increase the terroir of their beer. In a press release that is equal parts repulsive and fantastic, Rogue Brewing Co. in Newport, Ore., announces it is testing recipes ...
A recent study shows that beer fermentation conducted with genetically modified brewer's yeast may result in more efficient lager brewing and a lower environmental footprint. A recent study shows that ...
MobCraft has provided yeast collected at the former Falk Brewery site to Madison's Working Draft Beer Company to create the first of two collaboration brews concocted by the Wisconsin breweries. The ...
One of the four main components of beer, yeast is often overlooked in favor of malt and hops. Here's what you should know. For more than 20 years John Holl has been covering the beer industry as a ...
Chicago -- Burnt City cans this year-round IPA fermented with Norwegian kveik yeasts. When staff at Omega Yeast read a few blog posts about a family of Norwegian farmhouse (AKA homegrown) yeast ...
Minnie Pearl once said that kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You have to go through a little bush to get there. One wonders what Pearl would say about the upcoming beer from ...
The yeast that people have used for millennia to brew alcoholic drinks has now been engineered to produce cannabinoids — chemicals with medicinal and sometimes mind-altering properties found in ...