Yeast

Beer Terroir - Place, Beer, and Taste in the Rocky Mountain Region - Braden Neihart

Braden Neihart [+-]
Independent Scholar
Braden Neihart received his M.A. in history from Colorado State University in 2019. His thesis, "Frontier Beer: A Spatial Analysis of Denver Breweries, 1859-1876," examined how Denver breweries acquired resources and situated themselves in local and national networks in order to compete. He is interested in how beer helps understand racial, cultural, economic, and environmental patterns. His research focuses on beer in Pre-Prohibition Rocky Mountain West.

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Necessary for fermentation, yeast is a microscopic fungus that surrounds us and grows on all matter of organic material. They float through the air and facilitate fermentation. Saison and farmhouse ales are the most notable styles that rely on yeast terroir; they are open fermented and let local yeasts that clings to walls of the brewers to fall in. This is many ways where we will see terroir the most as yeast is a local product. It can be cultured and imported, but quickly takes on new characteristics.

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Neihart, Braden. Yeast. Beer Terroir - Place, Beer, and Taste in the Rocky Mountain Region. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. Oct 2025. ISBN 9781000000000. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=42803. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.42803. Oct 2025

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