As brewers battle for custom, yeast is a key part of their toolkit both in product development and efficiency.

Ancient yeast has been coaxed back to life, and the result is a pint-sized portal to the past. Israeli archeologists and ...

Scientists restored a banana-like flavor to beer yeast using the CRISPR tool in the goals to revive lost tastiness.

But knowledge of brewing beer, wine, and other fermented beverages at home can offer a sustainable and enjoyable way to produce your own drinks. This article provides a basic guide to homebrewing for ...

The owner of a Long Island brewery used his scuba diving skills to recover yeast from an 1886 shipwreck and make it part of his line of craft beers.

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 ...

FOR DECADES, light beer was celebrated for its low calorie count and high drinkability. Meanwhile, flavor was just an ...

The team chose a yeast strain that had evolutionarily lost this ability despite possessing many of the genes required for maltose metabolism. After running evolution experiments growing the yeast on ...

One such yeast produces hoppy-tasting beer without hops, a crop that requires a lot of energy and water throughout the growing and drying process.

Bubbling up: the growing value of yeast to brewers As brewers battle for custom, yeast is a key part of their toolkit both in product development and efficiency.

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 ...