You probably know that at its core, this alcoholic beverage is made up of water, barley (or other grains), yeast, and hops. But that’s an oversimplification. Beer is so much more complex than that.

Although the process has been streamlined and industrialized over the years, beer is still made with the same ingredients and the same basic processes that were used a millenia ago. So how is beer ...

Scientists and industry are finding unusual new uses for brewers' spent grain – the beer industry's largest waste product.

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In fact, there is evidence of beer being made on every continent in the ancient world. Whether it was corn, rice or cereal, early farmers learnt that fermenting grain could produce a drink with ...

All To verify this accolade, Allagash tabulated results from three of the most prestigious beer competitions in the world: ...

preventing the beer from spoiling in a manner that would make it sour – so it added shelf life," says Thomas Shellhammer, a professor of fermentation science at Oregon State University.

Drinking vesselThe first beer mugs may have been made of animal skins or tightly woven grasses, McGovern said. Color and clarityColor? Who knows. But it would’ve been very cloudy, like all ...