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Bottom Fermentation Prior to Industrialisation

Posted by Nick B. on 2010-10-24 05:04:36

I posted too quickly...I'd neglected to remember that although the yeast wasn't specifically understood, Bavarian brewers had been lagering their beer as cold as they could for centuries prior to Carlsberg, thus developing bottom fermenting yeast prior to industrialisation.

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Bottom Fermentation Prior to Industrialisation by DonS on  2010-10-24 09:56:27