All pilsner yeast strains originate from a single yeast ancestor
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 11:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Pilsner yeast, the well-known microorganism that brewers use every year to make hundreds of billions of liters of pilsner and other lagers, came into being 500 years ago through an accidental encounter between two species of yeast. The yeast strains now used to brew pilsner can all be traced back to that time. This is the conclusion reached by TU Delft researchers based on extensive DNA analysis.