Geneticists have discovered the wild yeast that is believed made possible cold-temperature fermentation -- and the creation of the first lager beers. class="Apple ...

What does Big Bend taste like? That’s one of the questions Rob Green and his wife and business partner, Mara Young, are answering at San Antonio’s Community Cultures Yeast Lab. There, they test and ...

Forget how microbreweries are supposed to look — the crumbly brick, distressed barnwood and Edison lights. And forget what microbreweries are supposed to serve — the unrelenting arsenal of IPAs. Wild ...

Less than two years after its debut, Tarpon River Brewing has gone experimental with a series of beers that use wild yeast and barrel-aging along with local fruits. The resulting brews are funky, ...

The discovery of a surprising survival mechanism used by beer-brewing yeast could lead to new approaches for fighting cancer. This is the promise of researchers led from the University of Virginia, ...

Ice cold beer: In these dog days of summer, few things are better. So, let's raise a glass and toast Saccharomyces eubayanus, newly discovered yeast that helped make cold-fermented lager a runaway ...

In 2007, Allagash Brewing Co. in Portland, Maine, began using a centuries-old method of fermentation that uses wind-born wild yeast. Master brewer Jason Perkins explains how it’s done. Photo/Video: ...

What started out as hops, barley, yeast and water has evolved into a rotation of one wild beer after another in an attempt to satisfy our insatiable craving for variety. Beer in Fargo has come a long ...

When brewer’s yeast left over from beer making is mixed with the right seasonings, it makes a bitter, earthy paste called Marmite that is especially popular in the U.K. Smeared on toast, it’s a snack ...

A typical Other Half Brewing beer, from creation to packaging, takes weeks to complete. But the much lauded brewery's newest project is a test in patience (and a little bit of luck). That's because ...