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 ...

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, by nature, ferments at a warmer temperature than lager yeast, and so is typically kept in tanks heated to a minimum of 60 degrees F during that all-important fermentation.

Kölsch is like a mix between an ale and lager. It's brewed using ale yeast before being fermented at warm temperatures and finally being cold-conditioned like your favorite crisp lager.

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 ...

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.

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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.

Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University taste beer made from 5,000-year-old yeast recovered from pottery ...