The lost world of farmhouse brewing
Liesbeth Aerts
The lost world of farmhouse brewing
And the yeasts that survived it
Today, beer brewing is all about precision. Breweries rely on carefully selected yeast strains, tightly controlled fermentation, and standardized processes designed to produce the same result every time. That consistency is one of the great achievements of industrial brewing, but it also came at a cost. Much of the diversity that once characterized beer yeast appears to have been lost along the way.
For most of brewing history,.