For 39% of Americans, beer is the drink of choice on a hot summer day, a weekend out with friends, and for college students playing increasingly complex versions of Beer Pong at fraternity rush ...
If you enjoy a beer on a summer day, you can thank yeast, the microbes that ferment sugar into alcohol and give beer its character. After innumerable generations of using just two types of yeast, a ...
The species of yeast known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae—often referred to as "brewer's yeast"—has been harnessed by humans since ancient times; with different strains used to make various types of ...
We’ll drink to that! Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech have found a way to use recycled beer yeast to make water cleaner by removing lead, the schools announced ...
Like many potentially hare-brained projects, Dylan McDonnell’s idea to brew beer from yeast that’s nearly 3,000 years old started during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, McDonnell, an avid home-brewer ...
Beer and wine have been staples of human history for millennia. These alcoholic beverages are still yielding new surprises.
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - A Cincinnati brewery is fermenting a beer that is being made from yeast that is approximately 150-years-old. It was preserved in a forgotten cellar that was recently ...