Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production? Aa Aa Aa ...

WHAT’S BREWING — Research on yeasts for nonalcoholic beer by Andew Maust, left, food science graduate student, and Scott Lafontaine, assistant professor of food chemistry, will help brewers develop ...

Breweries typically monitor fermentation by analyzing broth composition. Alcohols, esters, acids and residual sugars are quantified via chromatography-based assays. While reliable, these tests are ...

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 ...

Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from barley, water, hops, and yeast. Brewing is a complex process where the ingredients are combined and fermented to become alcoholic. Even small changes in the ...

Draft beer may seem like a modern convenience, but the history of beer on tap goes back centuries to Europe in the late 1600s ...

The craft beer industry continues to evolve. Whether you like it or not, some trends are here to stay. Here are several craft ...

Recent years have brought an abundance of non-alcoholic beer choices to drinkers looking for great taste without a buzz (As someone who likes having NA options, this writer is especially grateful for ...

Scientists introduce a single-cell Raman method that monitors beer fermentation in real time, capturing metabolic variation and predicting key process metrics accurately.

Beer and Kevin Bacon? Even better. Six local breweries are teaming with sixdegrees.org, the charitable organization started by Kevin Bacon, to launch Six Degrees of Fermentation, a special brew paying ...