DULUTH, Minn. - A 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest known recipe for beer made from barley. Seventh-century monks sold beer from their ...

Beer is chemically complex. Many different molecules are responsible for its wide variety of tastes and colors. Some of the least studied are those produced as a result of the Maillard reaction.

In this interview, News-Medical Life Sciences talks to Chris Welch about the upcoming Pittcon presentation on the analytical chemistry involved in beer brewing. What can analytical chemistry reveal ...

A brewery can be a physically demanding place to work. Between the taproom in the front of a business, and production in the “back of the house,” there is always some heavy lifting to do. A single keg ...

Next time you pour back a sour beer, you might like to know that tart and tangy goodness is the result of an immensely complex set of microbial interactions that chemists are only just beginning to ...

A new paper reveals the tens of thousands of metabolites in beer. Beer around the world differs in staple grains, brewing methods, and more. The 1516 Bavarian Purity Law set down influential rules for ...

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Sour beer has been around for centuries and has become a favorite with craft brewers in recent years. But the brewing process can be unpredictable. To help brewers better understand how sour beers ...

Two teams of Case Western Reserve University chemical engineering PhD students recently walked away with a trio of top awards in a competition with dozens of other aspiring scientists—in brewing beer.

Researchers from Australia and New Zealand have completed a high tech search for chemicals that can turn ordinary beer into extraordinary beer. It's all about the hops. For years, scientists have been ...