Craft brewers are continuously upping the ante and coming up with innovative ways to make or flavor their newest beers. Now, researchers are adding a new twist of their own, speeding up the brewing ...

Kombucha tea continues to grow in popularity as a healthy alternative to alcoholic beverages—and chemistry can help commercial and amateur brewers alike get faster and better results with their brews, ...

Genesee Brewmaster Steve Kaplan doesn’t hesitate when asked about his favorite beer to brew. “Straight up Genny,” said Kaplan ’05 (mechanical engineering). “To be able to make a pale American lager ...

For several hours on a recent Friday morning, a Yale laboratory became a Bronze Age brewery. Inside the lab, in the Yale Chemistry Research Building, a group of students attempted to recreate beers of ...

Do you long for that tart fruity flavor of a sour beer but wish the complicated brewing process were faster? Norwegian scientists might have the answer: field peas, as well as beans and lentils.

Researchers in Italy have developed a technique that promises to upend the age-old process of brewing beer. The key is cavitation—the formation and collapse of tiny bubbles in a liquid. They’re ...