Fermentation is the conversion of sugar and starch into ethenal and carbon dioxide. It's done by introducing a little tiny, single celled critter, ye, once a little fungi sacrimics. We like sacrifice te servicie because it's more consistent and not nearly as temperamental and pissy as all the other east strains. When you're fermenting something in it smells like baby vomit or cabbage farts or whatever, are you making notes on on smell and compounds? Are you analyzing them through your own senses, or a combination of chemical determinates and your both?
Nothin' like crackin' open a cold one with the Ologites, amirite? If you like booze, you'll love... fungus! Alie goes Rogue and takes a field trip to a brewery in Newport, OR where she smells vats of bubbling beer slop and learns about the microorganisms that are the workhorses of the brewing industry. Learn about yeasts, how beer is made, the hardest part about being a beer maker, the thick history of beer, some home brewing tips and also a nugget about bungholes. Let's get yeasty.
Special thanks to Shannon Feltus and Boni Dutch for the hook-up and the road trip to the coast.
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