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Homebrewing helped spark the craft beer boom. Now interest is waning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/202 ... sed-shops/

How beer is used to make alternative leather

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0jjvhkd ... ve-leather

Explore the evolution of beer, from Stone Age sludge to craft brews

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/int ... -timeline/

Gene-Edited Yeast Is Taking Over Craft Beer
Craft brewers are falling in love with genetically modified yeast strains that help them inject new creativity and flavor into beers, including bursts of pineapple and guava.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-ingredient-in-your-craft-beer-gene-edited ...

Repeal Day, Dec. 5th, is the day that marks the final ratification of the 21st Amendment in 1933 and the end of America’s “noble experiment” with alcohol prohibition.

https://theconversation.com/women-used-to-dominate-the-beer-industry-until-the-witch-accusations-started-pouring-in-155940

Humans have been drinking beer for almost 7,000 years, and the original brewers were women.
They wore the tall, pointy hats so that their customers could see them in the ...

I just ran into the following and found it surprising and share-worthy:

Why is it said one should never consent to a breathalyzer during a traffic stop?
Danielle Angelo, J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law
Answered May 8, 2019 · Upvoted by Adam Nyhan, Business attorney and Christine ...

Makers Of Sam Adams And Dogfish Head Beer Announce Merger Deal

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/10/72209599 ... erger-deal

If no one has bought this I will.

13,000-year-old Brewery Found

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45534133

The protest that Luther launched 500 years ago revamped not only how Europe worshiped but also how it drank. He and his followers promoted hops in beer as an act of rebellion against the Catholic Church.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/31/561117731/the-other-reformation-how-martin ...

IPA-filled jacuzzis will be on tap at craft-beer hotel
http://newatlas.com/brewdog-doghouse-cr ... tel/48356/

In my all-electric brewery, I had trouble with the hop bags getting caught in the heating element. I also filter when I transfer to the kettle to keep the "lumps" out of my wort (while carefully avoiding hot-side aeration), and again when transferring to the fermenter to keep out the trub (aeration ...

and now for something completely different...

Microscopic Views of Beers from Around the World
https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/beershots/index.html

Let's look at the yeast.

Danstar Munich yeast should be rehydrated carefully in plain water at 86 to 95 degrees, and temperature lowered to pitching temperature. Temperature shock, at greater than 10°C, may cause formation of petite mutants leading to long-term or incomplete fermentation and ...