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Gene-Edited Yeast Is Taking Over Craft Beer | Wired Magazine

Gene-Edited Yeast Is Taking Over Craft Beer | Wired Magazine

WIRED recently took a look at how gene-edited yeast is starting to change the way craft beer is made—and the story feels pretty familiar. Brewers are using new yeast strains to skip unwanted off-flavors, dial up tropical aromas, and rethink how they approach recipe design. Some folks are still wrapping their heads around it, but many are already leaning in—finding new ways to make great beer with a little help from science. It’s a thoughtful piece about where brewing has been, and where it might be headed next. Read the article →

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Berkeley Yeast Superbloom yeast is used in Deschutes Brewing Red Chair to create a consistent terpene profile from year to year.

Revamping Red Chair: How Berkeley Yeast’s Superbloom Strain Brings Fresh Aromatics to a Favorite Deschutes Beer

Deschutes Brewing Co. uses Berkeley Yeast's Superbloom yeast strain for their Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale. Superbloom creates amazing floral and citrusy terpenes during fermentation which creates ...

Recipe: A Little Help West Coast IPA | Cloudburst, Alvarado Street, Cellarmaker, Green Cheek, Highland Park and Pinthouse Collab

Recipe: A Little Help West Coast IPA | Cloudburst, Alvarado Street, Cellarmaker, Green Cheek, Highland Park and Pinthouse Collab

Six powerhouse breweries (Cloudburst, Alvarado Street, Cellarmaker, Green Cheek, Highland Park and Pinthouse) combined their decades of knowledge to create this stunning West Coast IPA.

Humble Sea co-pitch Berkeley Yeast's low diacetyl Fresh London strain with the thiol producing London Tropics for Timfinity Pool, a hazy Double IPA.

Recipe: Co-pitched Hazy Thiol DIPA collab with Humble Sea

The perfect balance of tropical thiols and dank hop character. This collaboration with our friends at Humble Sea was fermented with a 50/50 blend of Fresh™ London—Humble Sea’s house hazy strain fea...