Learn Craft Brewing Techniques

Brewing reliably delicious beer requires quality ingredients, recipes, and (my personal favorite) operations. Though hops often get the glory in the modern craft brewing scene, it’s important to understand that the fermentation process, driven by the natural life cycle of yeast, is truly at the heart of the beer making process. In the brewhouse, a…

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Craft Brewing Lab

Tim Wadkins, Precision Fermentation’s Director of Fermentation Operations, spoke last month at the 2018 North Carolina Craft Brewers Conference in a QC-track session: Taking Your Lab to the Next Level: Potential Pathways and Strategies. It was an informative and interactive presentation, stepping through all major aspects of craft brewing quality control: Biology Chemistry Physics Sensory…

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Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Variety may be the spice of life, but sugars are certainly the fuel. This is especially true for microorganisms. Most microorganisms rely on pentose and hexose sugars to generate energy and promote their own growth. For some of these microorganisms, any sugar that is locked away in a starch or dextrin molecule is off limits,…

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Beer Contamination Signs

Unintended beer contamination, whether by bacteria or fungi, is a pervasive problem for the brewing industry. Infected beer can result in many undesirable outcomes, from slow to attenuate brews to unsellable beer (due to unsatisfactory sensory qualities), and more. The rich nutrient conditions of wort and fermenting beer are prime growth conditions for a wide…

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New White Paper: The Connected Brewer

Precision Fermentation welcomes you to our new blog. Over the coming months, we’ll announce the availability of the BrewMonitor System – real-time, comprehensive fermentation monitoring – to help brewers gain more control over their brews, improve repeatability, and increase efficiency through the fermentation process. We’ve detailed our approach to fermentation management in a short white…

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