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SCIENTISTS IN THE US have created a more sustainable pint after discovering a way of getting the distinct hoppy taste into craft beer without the need for water-intensive hops.
Researchers say the technique could reduce the beer industry’s reliance on hops – a thirsty and expensive crop – and produce the consistent aroma and flavour all the rage among beer enthusiasts, including hipsters.
This week, in a paper published by the journal Nature Communications, scientists from the University of California Berkeley showed how they used DNA-editing software to manipulate the genome of brewer’s yeast, splicing in genes from mint and basil plants as well as two from normal yeast.
This boosted the production of flavours normally provided by adding hops during the brewing process.
“We were able to use some of the tools others and we developed to accurately control metabolism to produce the right amount of hops flavours,” said Jay Keasling, a professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at UC Berkeley.
The results were so convincing that employees of the nearby Lagunitas Brewing Company, in taste tests, said the engineered beer tasted more hoppy than a conventionally brewed alternative.
Scientists were told their genetically modified beer tasted of “fruit loops and orange blossom,” with no discernible “off-flavours”, Charles Denby, one of the report’s authors, told AFP.
The method was made trickier by the fact that commercial brewer’s yeast has four sets of chromosomes, unlike the strains used in research labs, which typically possess a single pair.
Researchers found they needed to add the same four genes to each chromosome set in order to create a stable yeast strain that would withstand the brewing process.
’Better than nature itself’
Hops are extremely resource-intensive plants, with each pint of craft beer requiring around 50 pints of water just to grow the hops.
The recent wave of craft brewing, which typically uses far more hops per pint than commercially produced lagers and ales, has also led to a sharp decline in the availability of some hop strains.
“Further, lots of energy is required for processing, transporting and storing” hops, Denby added.
Synthesising hoppy flavours in beer, in other words, means significantly less water and fertiliser is needed to produce the perfect pint.
“My hope is that if we can use technology to make great beer that is produced with a more sustainable process, people will embrace that,” Denby said.
The paper’s authors plan to continue developing new yeast strains to produce a variety of smells and tastes, and are looking forward to sampling their research – all in the name of science, of course.
“Using the appropriate tools to control production of these flavours can result in a beer with a more consistent hoppy flavour, even better than what nature can do itself,” Keasling said.
Fake outrage, purely because he criticises them and their policies. If he agreed with them, then they’d have no problem with him “interfering”, i.e expressing his opinions. A bunch of authoritarians is all they are.
Simp harder for the billionaire, simp. HARDER!
@Chop Chop: Musk, like Trump and JK Rowling, was a media darling until he began to criticise “the left” “the narrative” “woke ideology” whatever you want to call it, the “general consensus” amongst politicians, the media, celebrities etc.. Once he began to do that, the hit pieces started, to change public opinion against him. It’s a tactic that they use quite successfully, and it works on a lot of people. Here’s one example from the Guardian of all places, singing his praises in 2013 ww.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/24/tech-128-2013-was-the-year-of-the-dark-web-elon-musk-and-h-from-steps (you have to edit the link as I can’t post it in full)
@F1rYnpWc: Off to bed now sonny. Adults talking.
@Chop Chop: nice made up story bro. Keep simping for the billionaires, they’re on your side, the peasant worker! lol
@Chop Chop: Yes, he was better before he started to promote misinformation and far-right propaganda, obviously. Being far-right yourself, of course you’re not going to see this.
@F1rYnpWc: ok
@Brendan O’Brien: “he was fine until he disagreed with me” What a childish attitude you have.
@Brendan O’Brien: mainstream politicians & their NGO and MSM buddies want to have a monopoly on misinformation.
If it wasn’t for X/YT/Facebook, etc – and notwithstanding the fact that they contain plenty of misinformation – we would never be afforded the opportunity to hear the real story.
@Chop Chop: I gave you credit for a bit more intelligence. Read my comment again.
@Brendan O’Brien: To be honest, I don’t really need to read any of your posts as they’re so predictable.
@Chop Chop: I’d say Musk was well under the radar, until he accused an innocent man of being a paedophile. Tesla cars are lovely, but funding a man who thinks nothing of spreading dangerous lies, turns my stomach.
@Trolls R’ us : brenny, you reckon every poster on journal.ie is ( your favourite term , along with ‘simp’) ‘far right’ ?
@Chop Chop: Ha ha! And yours aren’t?
@Chop Chop: get back up that mountain, Journal-Clickbait.
@Thomas Sheridan: do you realise how absurd that comment is ??
@sean weir: no
@Dave G Doe: How long does it take you to come up with the most obvious retort possible.
@Brendan O’Brien: funny how you always see the lefties spout promote misinformation and far right propaganda, and think we all believe their woke tearful shite
Stop giving the guy oxygen delete you x accounts stop buying his cars
@Tim Brennan: knockout Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp while you’re at it…he’s not the only villain in the massive Internet room
@Tim Brennan: No
‘Liberal boy’ The ‘far-right’ rule now! Get used to it. You lot are in the rubbish dump of history. God bless President Trump and everyone who is ‘far-right’…
@Kieran Conroy: Ye rednecks love shooting up any product ye disagree with but when “lefty Liberals” Boycott something ye throw your toys outta the pram. Go shoot some more Bud light
@Dave G Doe: And doing it in electric cars
@FoxyBoiiYT: Is english your first language? You seem to be struggling somewhat.
More intolerance from the “tolerant” left wing LearJet Liberals
@Paul: You must have been asleep when the right wing loons started banning books, rolling back on lgbt rights, rolling back on womens rights etc etc. The only people calling for these erosions of rights are… *drum roll* the right wing loons. Off ya fk.
@Ian: Books that teach children about fisting should be banned. If I’m a “right wing loon” for thinking that, then I’ll happily wear that badge.
@Ian: Hey boy! We will always fight against books that sexualise kids. As for 147 genders…(LOL!!!) You far-leftist wokist’s day is done. Watch out boy…MAGA
@Chop Chop: Be proud! Be right! Proud to be ‘far-right’!
@Kieran Conroy: what a feckwit
@Chop Chop: You’re the most brainwashed person on here. Get some fresh air.
@Dave G Doe: Trump deliberately walking in miss town usa changing rooms when the underage girls were changing. Supporting a paedo is on brand fir you alright
Elon Musk is without doubt dangerous, then again so is Zuckerberg who has changed his position with Trump coming on line,…then again so is Soros, who are all basically in a battle for the new frontier of social media driven information as MSM and TV stations heamorage, money from ads, drop off of viewership as eveyone streams information,
Soros is losing badly,.but this won’t end well no matter who wins, especially with AI,.
World is gonna be a rollercoaster Ride
its usually the ones that are trying to do the silencing that are the corrupt ones
Oh the irony ,, MEP ‘s complaining about interference
What’s that term again Hypo – something?
No worries when it’s Soros though.
@John Smith: when has Soros done this?
@JoeJoe Kilbride: soros , Mr abortion. Need those stem cells to try and live forever
Musk is at least listening to the issues that the vast majority of people are concerned with, unlike EU elites who are pushing minority agendas.
Damn the EU
@Gary Condren: Musk is an authoritarian. He’s not some fighter for free speech. He’d soon have the vast majority of us employed as worker ants.
@Gary Condren: what? Musk doesn’t give a flying fk about anyone’s issues only his own. You cannot be so fkin gullible, yet here you are and all the other Musk simps fawning over the richest man in the world thinking he fkin cares about the likes of you lmfao
@Gary Condren: Well said buddy! MAGA
@Kieran Conroy: fk off to America, so.
@Gary Condren: what issues are these?
Time for the woke to go back asleep
Elon the champion of woke all the same tho :)
Did they write about Soros?
Someone should tell musty Musk that it is 2025.
@Patricia Mc namara: He knows. 2025. The year the libtards were consigned to the dustbin of history. MAGA
@Kieran Conroy: Facist POS
@Kieran Conroy: why are you on an Irish outlet celebrating a cult that’s intent on putting US billionaires first, to the detriment of the rest of the world?
The usual will be simping HARD for this dorķy billionaire. Bet they feel closer to being this billionaire than to their fellow broke coworker in their medǐôcře job
musk must be doing something right so
Pity they were not so worried about the Gaza genocide many of the Irish MPs voting against the ceasefire over a year ago
@Kevin O Brien: Jayes that Musk rat is causing horrendous trouble all over the place and scaring the bejapers outa the lot of ye !
I’ve got no personal problem with Musk, but sometimes he can come out with some poorly-thought out or childish insults online. However, the fact that he founded SpaceX and StarLink as well as co-founding Tesla, PayPal and OpenAI means that he clearly brings much more to the table than people accuse him of taking away. There is a definitely lot of faux outrage coming from the EU. I don’t like the AFD at all. I think they’re economically illiterate when they come out in support of tariffs and against free trade. I don’t like the way they suck up to Russia and attack NATO. They also refuse to discuss raising the pension age to deal with German Social Security bankruptcy. However, Musk owns X and he is more than permitted to interview whoever he wants on it just like any other media company.
Billionaires, they’re just like you and me. Who better to protect the interests of the ordinary man?
He’s just Cun’ty McCun’tface.
They should just let Musk pick the leaders from now on. Trump looks very happy under old Elon
@Solid Stait: Trump would wanna watch back. Vance is the tech bro’s man in there.
Money talks, and that’s Musk,
@Ned: Jayes that Musk rat is causing horrendous trouble all over the place and scaring the bejapers outa the lot of ye !
What a load of s h 1 T
That letter of deep concern is going to make all the difference. That’ll stop him and his ilk in their tracks.
Well he is stuk up Trumps but a horrible person both of them are horrible people
Ah yes, writing letters will make him quiver in his boots…
Funny how they didn’t write letters when twitter, insta, etc were altered to lean towards one narrative
He’s a troll. Unfortunately, he’s now a very powerful troll.
If you fancy a laugh, look up “Musk Fake Gamer.” The lad’s ego is beyond fragile.
It’s a shame, really, because he’s done quite a bit to advance our civilisation.
It’s good fun to watch anyway.
Paedo Space Karen needs to be stopped
@Dave G Doe: Who mentioned far left?
@Sprong: Wiped out like a kind of ‘…. solution’?
@Dave G Doe: Lol!… That’s bad news for Musks family
The dung is hitting the fan, and some people don’t like that.
Good man Musk.
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