500 years ago, yeast's epic journey gave rise to lager beer
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 16:00
in Earth & Climate
In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria.
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