The Lager Legacy: German Researchers Discover How a 400-Year-Old Mistake Revolutionized Beer
Researchers suggest that lager beer, which now makes up around 90% of beer consumption, originated from a hybrid yeast species in Munich in 1602. This…
Researchers suggest that lager beer, which now makes up around 90% of beer consumption, originated from a hybrid yeast species in Munich in 1602. This…
Beer is one of the oldest and most popular beverages in the world. Hops, the flowers (or seed cones) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus,…
A new study shows that yeast, an abundant waste product from breweries, can filter out even trace amounts of lead. Inactive yeast could be effective…
Numerous studies have shown health benefits from moderate alcohol intake (or maybe not), especially wine. For example, drinking wine with meals is linked with a…
Drinking beer and spirits is associated with elevated levels of visceral fat – the harmful type of fat that is associated with an increased risk…
While foam is certainly desirable in the bathtub or on beer, preventing foam — for example in industrial processes — is a much-discussed topic. Often,…
Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, scientists develop and study gene-edited barley that resists pre-harvest sprouting. After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer…
Human feces don’t usually stick around for long—and certainly not for thousands of years. But exceptions to this general rule are found in a few…
Pottery vessels which had contained beer, found with human remains in platform mound. Alcoholic beverages have long been known to serve an important socio-cultural function…
Study used modern high resolution analytics to reveal enormous metabolic complexity of beer. The tradition of beer brewing dates back to at least 7000 BCE…
Does bubble cascade form only in a glass of Guinness beer? Researchers from Osaka University and Kirin HD explain the physics that underpins cascading flow…
How a pair of MIT Sloan Executive Education alumni translated teachings from an MIT course to operations improvements at Heineken México. It’s no secret that…
Americans are consuming more craft beer with higher alcohol content but are drinking less beer by volume, according to a new analysis led by epidemiologists…
Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown to reduce numbers of root-knot nematodes and increase yields of lettuce crops. The use of…
Home brewing enthusiasts and major manufacturers alike experience the same result of the beer-making process: mounds of leftover grain. Once all the flavor has been…