• Food science
  • Homemade yeast

    Background Yeast is one of the substances that are a cornerstone of our everyday life. Especially in our everyday food, where yeast is used in baking to fermentation of alcohol beverages. It is readily available in stores, either fresh or dehydrated. But if shortage occurs, where to get some to bake that delicious bread or […]

  • Usual Food
  • Cider brewing

    Enjoying cider

    A quick cider brewing overview My experience with cider came relatively late, decades after I started drinking beer. Actually, I never associated beer with cider, the later was – for me – a refreshing drink in the summer, while beer was an alcoholic drink. Make no mistake – you still get intoxicated from cider, but […]

  • Unusual Food
  • Chestnut beer experiment

    Chestnut beer

    Beer or similar alcoholic drink (e.g. cider) can be made from anything that contains starch, which is degraded by enzymes to simple sugars during the brewing process. If you consider sources of starch readily available in nature, chestnut is a viable option. It grows in forests all over the temperate climate in the Northern Hemisphere […]

  • Food science
  • Beer yeast and sugars

    Sugar in home brewed beer.

    Everyone, even a total stranger to beer making, knows that yeast (and other microbes, like bacteria) thrive on sugar. People which are more familiar with beermaking know that starch in barley needs to be broken down to sugars in order for the yeast to ferment it to alcohol. True home brewers even know that some […]

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  • Basic beer brewing

    Basic beer brewing at home

    Beer is a favorite refreshment for a lot of people since the ancient times. Basic beer brewing at home and micro breweries are in fashion and everybody is talking about their favorite artisan beer. Beside being a great refreshment and a wonderful drink to discuss important ideas while enjoying it, it is a great way […]