Friday, October 19, 2012

Genome Mapping to Create Better Beer

April Flowers of redOrbit.com wrote an article about scientists mapping the genome for barley to produce better beer.


Imagine a hot summer day, sitting in the cheap seats at your favorite baseball park. You have your hot dog, your giant foam finger, and a beer. Does life get any better than this? Can scientists build a better beer?

An international consortium of scientists believes so, and they have been mapping the genome of barley to help produce new and better varieties, vital for the beer and whiskey industries. Their results have been published in the journal, Nature.

If the genome sequencing allows for production of barley that can improve the conversion percentage of starches to fermentable sugars during mashing this could be of significance.  Otherwise I doubt it much matters for beer production.

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