Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production? Aa Aa Aa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wine has been made by humans for about 7,000 years, and experts agree that until quite recently it may not have tasted very good.

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 ...

Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the wine trade since 2013. The techniques used to ...

Singapore beer maker Brewerkz’s NEWBrew tropical blonde ale made international brew news for its unconventional water source: recycled wastewater. NEWater, the national brand of recycled water, has ...

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 ...

For beer drinkers in the know, May welcomes the most wonderful time of the year — saison season. Courtney Iseman is a Brooklyn-based writer with over a decade of experience. She covers drinks, along ...