Highlights•Traditional beer brewing provided the perfect setting for microbial domestication.•
Saccharomyces beer yeasts have been domesticated on multiple occasions.•Domestication …

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 …

The quality of beer relies on the activity of fermenting yeasts, not only for their good
fermentation yield-efficiency, but also for their influence on beer aroma, since most of the …

The natural interspecies Saccharomyces cerevisiae× Saccharomyces eubayanus hybrid
yeast is responsible for global lager beer production and is one of the most important …

Companies based on alcoholic fermentation products, such as wine, beer and biofuels, use
yeasts to make their products. Each industrial process utilizes different media conditions …

Although beer is a widely used beverage in many cultures, there is a need for a new
drinking alternative in the face of rising issues such as health concerns or weight problems …

The lager yeast hybrid (Saccharomyces cerevisiae× Saccharomyces eubayanus) possesses
two key characteristics that are essential for lager brewing: efficient sugar utilization and cold …

The use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts means a great source of biodiversity for the
production of differentiated beer products. With this objective, five species of different genera …

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 …

The brewing ability of wild yeast strains obtained from forest and vineyards ecosystems was
analysed and compared with commercial yeast strains. The selection of new yeast strains as …