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To: Red Badger

I wonder how they made beer before the accidental hybridization?

4 posted on 12/04/2015 1:28:10 PM PST by rdl6989

To: rdl6989

Flat......................

6 posted on 12/04/2015 1:30:32 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)

To: rdl6989

Probably just with wild yeast. This would still work, but you never know what you're going to get.

8 posted on 12/04/2015 1:45:43 PM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)

To: rdl6989

Well, they just made ales and darker, heavier beers before that.

10 posted on 12/04/2015 2:44:11 PM PST by Boogieman

To: rdl6989

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the original beer yeast and seems to be everywhere in nature. It makes ale beer.

Lager yeast is Saccharomyces uvarum. It is more tolerant of cold and works more slowly. Lager yeast is rarer and leaves behind more sugar.

11 posted on 12/04/2015 2:58:47 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")

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