Kombucha tea continues to grow in popularity as a healthy alternative to alcoholic beverages—and chemistry can help commercial and amateur brewers alike get faster and better results with their brews, ...

Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from barley, water, hops, and yeast. Brewing is a complex process where the ingredients are combined and fermented to become alcoholic. Even small changes in the ...

Fermentation has evolved into precision fermentation, utilizing biotechnology to engineer microorganisms that produce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wine has been made by humans for about 7,000 years, and experts agree that until quite recently it may not have tasted very good.

Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production? Aa Aa Aa ...

Accidental fermentation can easily occur if you don't polish off the food soon enough. That is especially true of sauces. Here are several sauces that can turn alcoholic if left to sit too long.