Beer Studies

After the wort is boiled, cooled, and aerated, yeast is added, or pitched , into the sugary solution to begin the wort's transfor...

After lautering ( the sep a ration of wort from the spent grain), the wort is heated to a rolling boil. 

The first phase of brewing beer is the extraction of sugar from malted barley. This sugar is what yeast will consume to produce alcohol. ...

Yeast is a single celled fungus that takes sugars extracted from grain and transforms them into alcohol and carbon dioxide in a process...

Hops provide a bitter counterpoint to barley malt's sweetness, as well as adding unique aromas and flavors to beer.

Virginia Thomas , Business Manager for the Cicerone Certification Program recently tweeted about upcoming changes to the Cicerone Certifica...

While many styles of beer are made using only water, malted barley, hops, and yeast , some beer styles use grains other than malted barle...