Recommended Reading: The genetics of better beer
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You Want Better Beer?
Good. Here's a Better
Barley Genome
Adam Rogers,
Wired
The beer industry certainly isn't hurting for money these days, but a group of scientists are trying to figure out how to make the beverage even better. They're doing so by breaking down the genome of barley, a key ingredient in the brewing process that that turns starch into sugar for yeast to transform into alcohol during fermentation. Wired has the story of how the geneticists could be on the way to improving suds for all of us to enjoy.
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