I Just Can’t Get Enough
The science of dry hop extraction rates and dry hop saturation points explored.
The Sweet Taste of Malt and Revealing its Pathogen’s secret
A Flame-Side chat about how international travel, collaboration and interaction led to new insights in pathogen biology inside (malted) grains
Nobody At The Vault But Yeast
A Flame-Side chat with Dr Anna Fijarczyk about her research on old yeast strains.
Your Spent Hops and Grains, a Valuable Resource For Our Food Chain?
Spent grains and hops contain significant levels of nutrients that are of significant benefit to human health
Fun-guys: The Problem With Mycotoxins in Malted Grains
Fungi in a nutshell (or grain husk) Dear brew enthusiasts, In this weeks episode, we will step into the world of plant pathology. We will look at a paper by the groups of Robert Brueggeman and Paul Schwarz, who have devised a new method to visualize pathogenic fungi in grains. Their work is important since …
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Genomics Can Teach Us About The History Of Beer Making
The use of Yeast in Brewing beer has a long history. Here, we will delve into the history of beer making and look at how genomics can be used to study archeology.
Smashing It on the Bench By Going Micro
A flame-side chat with Ben Schulz, leading author of a paper entitled: “Benchtop micro-mashing: high-throughput, robust, experimental beer brewing”.
Barking Up the Yeast Tree
A Flame-Side Chat with Prof Matt Bochman about sours, wild yeasts, adoption and commercialisation.
Primary Souring to Brew Sour Beers
The isolation and characterisation of lactic acid producing yeast isolates now means that you can sour your beer in the primary fermentation stage.
Micro-Mashing: A New Technology that Will Accelerate Beer Recipe Design
Micro-scale mashing to dissect beer biochemistry aided by statistical power Brewing beer is an exercise in experimentation. You (brewers) tinker with recipes more often than not, try new ingredients and combinations to create the best wort. Mashing is an integral part of the design process. In a nutshell, mashing describes the process in which grains …
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