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 ...

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 ...

Food scientists evaluated 11 commercially available yeast strains to identify their strengths based on chemical analysis and sensory panel opinions. Most of the yeasts that were tested are strains ...

The process of beer-brewing has traditionally been considered an art form. Since the entire beer market reached a valuation of $116.0 billion in 2019, there has been an increase in the demand for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For centuries before the advent of modern brewing, early Scandinavian beer-makers coveted their “magic sticks,” special stirring utensils that miraculously ...

Fox Tale Fermentation Project owners Felipe Bravo and Wendy Neff are brewing magic in their little Hobbit hole of a cafe in downtown San Jose. Actually, it’s probably more apt to say they’re ...

Matt McCarroll (center), director of SIU’s Fermentation Sciences program, stands with students (from left) Chris Barnes, Scott Whitehead, Rachel Bernier, Jamie White, Vladimir Valchev and Brandon ...