Beer History Storyline
Yeast
Follow the transformation of yeast from an invisible brewing agent into a cultivated microorganism central to modern brewing science.
Chronological milestones
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1837
Scientists Identify Yeast as a Living Agent of Fermentation
1840
First Lager Beer In The US
1857
Louis Pasteur Demonstrates the Biological Nature of Fermentation
1876
Louis Pasteur Publishes Studies on Beer
1883
Emil Christian Hansen Isolates A Single Yeast Cell
November 1883
Emil Christian Hansen Introduces Pure Yeast Culture At Carlsberg
1897
Eduard Buchner Demonstrates Cell-Free Fermentation
April 18, 1904
Niels Hjelte Claussen Introduces Brettanomyces to Brewing Science
1921
Kufferath and Van Laer Isolate Brettanomyces from Lambic
1932
Brewing Starts Again At Orval
April 1996
The Complete Genome of Brewing Yeast Is Published
2011
Saccharomyces eubayanus Is Identified as the Missing Parent of Lager Yeast
September 12, 2018
Genomic Research Identifies Kveik as a Distinct Domesticated Yeast Group