New yeasts—new brews: modern approaches to brewing yeast design and development

B Gibson, JMA Geertman, CT Hittinger… - FEMS Yeast …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The brewing industry is experiencing a period of change and experimentation largely driven
by customer demand for product diversity. This has coincided with a greater appreciation of …

Diverse yeasts for diverse fermented beverages and foods

CT Hittinger, JL Steele, DS Ryder - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Yeasts play vital roles in food biotechnology, especially in fermented products. Yeasts are
monoculture bioprocessing agents, are members of complex microbial communities, and …

Bioprospecting for brewers: Exploiting natural diversity for naturally diverse beers

FA Cubillos, B Gibson, N Grijalva‐Vallejos, K Krogerus… - Yeast, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The burgeoning interest in archaic, traditional, and novel beer styles has coincided with a
growing appreciation of the role of yeasts in determining beer character as well as a better …

Alternative Saccharomyces interspecies hybrid combinations and their potential for low‐temperature wort fermentation

J Nikulin, K Krogerus, B Gibson - Yeast, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The lager yeast hybrid (Saccharomyces cerevisiae× Saccharomyces eubayanus) possesses
two key characteristics that are essential for lager brewing: efficient sugar utilization and cold …

Adaptive laboratory evolution of ale and lager yeasts for improved brewing efficiency and beer quality

B Gibson, M Dahabieh, K Krogerus… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Yeasts directly impact the efficiency of brewery fermentations as well as the character of the
beers produced. In recent years, there has been renewed interest in yeast selection and …

[HTML][HTML] Biotechnological exploitation of Saccharomyces jurei and its hybrids in craft beer fermentation uncovers new aroma combinations

K Giannakou, F Visinoni, P Zhang, N Nathoo, P Jones… - Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hybridisation is an important evolutionary mechanism to bring about novel phenotypes and
may produce new hybrids with advantageous combinations of traits of industrial importance …

Designing new yeasts for craft brewing: When natural biodiversity meets biotechnology

F Iattici, M Catallo, L Solieri - Beverages, 2020 - mdpi.com
Beer is a fermented beverage with a history as old as human civilization. Ales and lagers are
by far the most common beers; however, diversification is becoming increasingly important …

[HTML][HTML] Levaduras no convencionales como herramientas de innovación y diferenciación en la producción de cerveza

JA Burini, JI Eizaguirre, C Loviso, D Libkind - Revista Argentina de …, 2021 - Elsevier
En la elaboración de cerveza las levaduras cumplen un rol fundamental. Además de ser
responsables de llevar a cabo la fermentación, generando principalmente etanol y dióxido …

A re-evaluation of diastatic Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains and their role in brewing

K Krogerus, B Gibson - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Diastatic strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae possess the unique ability to hydrolyze and
ferment long-chain oligosaccharides like dextrin and starch. They have long been regarded …

A Unique Saccharomyces cerevisiae × Saccharomyces uvarum Hybrid Isolated From Norwegian Farmhouse Beer: Characterization and Reconstruction

K Krogerus, R Preiss, B Gibson - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
An unknown interspecies Saccharomyces hybrid,“Muri,” was recently isolated from a “kveik”
culture, a traditional Norwegian farmhouse brewing yeast culture. Here we used whole …