Tag: Fermentis

Good day, Friends and Fermentation Enthusiasts. This year’s Craft Brewers Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, is bound to be unforgettable. To ensure the best damn booth experience a beer conference attendee ever encountered, Brewers Jake Thompson and Sean Tynan of the Rahr Technical Center have put together an absolute banger of a beer lineup for […]

Consumer preferences are notoriously unpredictable. You never know for sure if the latest beer fad will go bust after a single batch or become your brewery’s next flagship. Fortunately, BSG Technical Support and Training Manager Ashton Lewis knows a thing or two about navigating uncertainty. “In a sea of Hazy IPAs and Cocoa Pebbles Porters,” he […]

What’s germinating, everybody? Please join us in extending a warm, wort-scented welcome to BSG Product Portfolio Manager Matt Johnson. Based out of Southern California, Matt’s been brewing professionally for over two decades. His background image on Microsoft Teams video chat features a beautiful hop trellis.  Matt is bringing his expertise to the BSG blog for […]

There’s an expression apocryphally but probably inaccurately attributed to an ancient Chinese curse: “may you live in interesting times.” For craft beer, 2023 has certainly been an interesting time. In the face of increasing headwinds for our industry, BSG remains here to support you, celebrate your successes, and enjoy the beer you work so hard […]

Coca-Cola was first sold in bottles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on March 12, 1894. Just nine days later on March 21 of the same year, the Spaten Brewery of Munich, Germany, debuted something quite different: The world’s first Helles lager.   Today Coca-Cola claims to sell over 1.9 billion servings of their dark soft drink each day. […]

Bo Jackson played major league baseball and pro football. So did “Neon” Deion Sanders. And surely you remember Dave Winfield. Before embarking on his 22-year Hall of Fame baseball career, “Winnie” was drafted by the San Diego Padres (MLB), Atlanta Hawks (NBA), Utah Stars (ABA), and Minnesota Vikings (NFL). Multi-sport athletes like these defy simple […]

The West Coast of the United States has brought us Starbucks, Yahoo, and Yacht Rock. It’s also given us the pass-first offense, The Price Is Right, and In-N-Out Burger.  But ask any red-blooded American brewer what the West Coast is known for, and you can bet your weekly allowance they’ll mention hops. Namely the “C” […]

Hello! What’s flocculating?  Please welcome Olaf Morgenroth to the BSG Blog. Originally from Germany, Olaf started his brewing career in 2014 in Franschhoek, South Africa. In 2022, he joined the Fermentis Academy in Lille, France, as Head Brewer. During his time in the industry, Olaf has become intimately familiar with yeast and fermentation.   When he […]

There’s a scene in Shakespeare’s Henry V where King Henry asks his tired troops to rally, to charge “once more upon the breach” and keep fighting for England.   There’s another scene right after that one where a guy named Boy says he’d rather be relaxing in a London alehouse instead of fighting the French. “I […]

Biotransformation is a hot topic. Much like the fundamental, alchemical magic of fermentation itself, biotransformation of hop compounds by yeast offers brewers the potential to create novel compounds beyond the usual suite of variety-specific aromatics. The activity of yeast cells during active fermentation is key – but which yeast? Our friends from Fermentis are here […]

Saving money can be difficult. Hell, it can be downright painful. Remember your house from college? Rent split thirteen ways, one bathroom, no hot water, no A/C. No one paid the power company one month, so someone just ran an extension cord next door. Fortunately, controlling costs at your brewery doesn’t need to run afoul […]

Not Czech. Not German. Not Italian. Belgian.