Today is International Beer Day! We have selected four facts about beer-making for you to celebrate the occasion, perhaps while enjoying a cold brew…
Ale and stout are created using different yeasts, some of which contain ‘lager– specific’ genes.
Non-conventional yeasts may be used someday to create new flavours of beer and even flavoursome non-alcoholic beers.
The fermentation behaviour of lager yeast is determined by the presence (or absence) of specific proteins which transport substances.
Lager yeasts are a newly emerged species which is continually evolving – maybe beer will taste different in 100 years as a result…
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