The yeast is having a moment at small U.S. craft brewers from coast to coast, and will be celebrated by more than 30 breweries at the inaugural Kveik Fest in Chicago on Saturday, Sept. 7.

The brewers finally settled on US-05, an American ale yeast. When they put them in front of the big bosses, it was unanimous.

A study released today digs into the genetic history of brewer's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. There are many populations of yeast that humans have used for millennia, including those that make ...

Most ale yeasts produce flaw-free beer at around 68 degrees. Any higher, they’ll give off unwanted esters, phenols or other compounds that are both unwanted and unpleasant.

These yeast strains, called “kveik” and used for centuries by Norwegian cottage brewers, are becoming so prized among a select few American craft brewers that one avid Chicago adherent is ...

Upon first look and taste, blonde ale and cream ale clearly have a lot in common. Is there a difference between the two? We look into it.

Ginger ale is a classic carbonated beverage with well more than a century of history, but why does a non-alcoholic beverage have an alcoholic name?

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The Beer: Name after (and the can is adorned with an image of) Bam the brewery dog, Bam Biere is a farmhouse ale brewed with Cascade and Crystal hops as well as Pilsner malt, Pale malt, wheat malt ...

Fun yeast facts (redundant): Ale yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is the same species of yeast we use to bake bread. Lager yeast, S. pastorianus, is allegedly named in honor of Louis Pasteur.

Ale yeast, S. cerevisiae, has been doing this throughout the history of beer, which stretches back to at least 6,000 B.C. in Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization.