BrewMonitor Integrats IoT with Craft Beer Production
New product BrewMonitor System integrates the Internet of Things (IoT) with craft beer production. BeerMonitor is a high-tech device that sits in fermentation tanks and takes real-time measurements. Brewers can then monitor tank conditions from their smart device, without ever opening the tank. Created by Precision Fermentation, a biochemistry technology provider, BeerMonitor will launch next month with the tagline “If your tanks could talk.”
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Brewery Turns Bread Into Beer
Toast Ale is brewing to curb food waste. The beer makers take unsold loaves or heels of bread from bakers, then use that fermented bread to brew award-winning beer. The founders estimate 44% of bread is thrown out. 100% of their profits go to Feedback, a nonprofit campaigning against food waste.
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The Newest Thing in Beer: Ancient Yeast
Discovering “the weirdest, funkiest yeast” to ferment is the latest movement in the brewery world. Brewers are fermenting beer from yeast strands found on beer bottles in shipwrecks and old European cellars. The beer comes with a story, a historic element that appeals to customers curiosity and taste buds.
Read more (The Wall Street Journal)
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American Beers With a Pungent Whiff of Place
Spontaneous fermentation is catching on in America. The traditional beer brewing method “predates modern brewing science” says the New York Times. The flavor is wine-like, fruity and fragrant. “It is a very romantic and mystical style,” says Levi Funk of Funk Factory Geuzeria in Madison, Wisconsin.
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At Last, a GMO Beer
Scientists have developed a GMO beer. The genetically modified brewer’s yeast developed by Berkley Brewing Science still ferments the beer but eliminates the hops. Hops add flavor, but are expensive, especially as more craft beers come into the market.
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Good Food Award Winners Include Dozens of Fermenters
Check out the 2018 Good Food winners – dozens of American fermenters won, in categories like beer, meat, cheese, pickles, chocolate, cider. The prestigious annual awards honor U.S. food producers who create responsible products. Any winners in your state?
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Want to own a brewery? For $150 you could be part owner of 3cross Fermentation Cooperative, the first community-owned brewery in Mass.
3cross Brewing Co. is now 3cross Fermentation Cooperative & they’re opening ownership to consumers – for $150, anyone can join the first community-owned brewery in Massachusetts. 3cross brews beer and kombucha from their 5,500-square-foot basement brewery and taproom.
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Profiles in brew: White Labs Pure Yeast & Fermentation
White Labs Pure Yeast & Fermentation “stands at the intersection of science, education and craft” writes Boulder Weekly. White Labs produces up to 150 different unique yeast strains for commercial and homebrewers across 75 countries.
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New fermentation cellar operating at Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack
Anheuser-Busch brewery has completed the construction of its new fermentation cellar in New Hampshire. The six new fermentation tanks allows for Anheuser-Busch to produce more beer from their craft beer partners – up to 200,000 bottles of beer a day.
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Teens win prize for their ‘instant’ African beer
Fermenting beer with bananas? Believe it! Students in Africa won a science award for their unique umqombothi.
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