Breweries typically monitor fermentation by analyzing broth composition. Alcohols, esters, acids and residual sugars are ...

Recent years have brought an abundance of non-alcoholic beer choices to drinkers looking for great taste without a buzz (As someone who likes having NA options, this writer is especially grateful for ...

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 Scoop: This is the first year that the Readers’ Choice categories were completely separate from the editorial picks, which include categories such as Best Kid-Free Brewery, Best Vintage Beer List, ...

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 ...

The Allagash Brewing Company, in Maine, makes a lot of "bottle-conditioned" beers—brews that get their carbonation by fermenting a second time, in the bottle, as yeast belch out CO2. "And because they ...

The difference between "lagers" and "ales" goes deeper than the name on the beer's label. Some sources will discuss their history and fermentation methods when explaining what distinguishes ales from ...