Brewers today are delivering nonalcoholic beers that are a far cry from the sweet, watery options of the past.
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In an engineering course at UC Davis, students learn all the nuances that go into brewing ‘a truly excellent cup of coffee.’
Cylinder seal (left) and modern impression (right) showing two people drinking beer through long straws. Khafajeh, Iraq (Early Dynastic period, c. 2600–2350 B.C.).
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Beer was extremely popular in ancient Mesopotamia. Sipped through straws, it differed from today’s beer and was enjoyed by people from all walks of life.
A farmer carries farming tools to her sorghum field in the arid Turkana County, northern Kenya.
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Bread. Yeast. Wine. Cheese. All these delicious foods are courtesy of various forms of domesticated fungi. So how, exactly, did humans tame wild fungi into the cooperative species that make our food?
Karen Lamb, Deakin University and David Farmer, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
A statistical method widely used today by scientists and others is all thanks to a statistician at a Guinness brewery whose work was published anonymously more than a century ago.
Craft brewing is a small segment but growing incredibly fast.
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It may be the world’s largest beer maker, but Anheuser-Busch’s days may be numbered thanks to the rapid rise of craft brewing and a little thing called disruption.
Can the two biggest beer makers combine to stem the trend in craft brewing?
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AB InBev’s expected bid for SABMiller continues a trend of industry consolidation at the top, but the strong growth in craft brewing is challenging that strategy.
The humble spread gets caught up in the home brew debate.
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Vegemite has been used for many things over the years. But claims it was used to brew alcohol in dry Indigenous communities had many asking if that was even possible.
It’s difficult to believe that the iconic Foster’s beer brands, which include VB, Crown Lager and Cascade, could be next to fall into the hands of foreign owners. If they do, this will mean that over half…