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Master Brewers PodcastEpisode 333: Six Irish Brewing YeastsEffects of regional location on the genotype and phenotype of historical Irish brewing yeastSpecial Guest: Daniel Kerruish.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: Links:Effects of regional location on the genotype and phenotype of historical Irish brewing yeast — FrontiersThe origins of the Guinness stout yeast — Nature Communications BiologyThe Guinness Yeast — Master Brewers Podcast EP187Upcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAJoin Master Brewers2025-05-0533 minMaster Brewers PodcastEpisode 187: The Guinness YeastThe Guinness brewery was founded in 1759 by Arthur Guinness. The Guinness brewery group were early exponents of the advancements in microbiology, and particularly yeast husbandry that took place in Europe at the end of the 19th Century. This led Guinness to establish the Watling laboratory in 1901 and subsequent St James’s Gate yeast Library.
16 Guinness yeast isolates were taken from the St James’s Gate yeast library and sequenced using next generation whole genome sequencing. Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) analysis, the genetic lineage of the Guinness yeast were established, with the Guinness yeast forming a monophyletic grou...2024-04-0140 min
Futureproof with Jonathan McCreaFutureproof Extra: The origins of Guinness yeastResearchers from Diageo have discovered that the yeast used to make Guinness is genetically different from any other Irish beer. Joining Jonathan to discuss this is Daniel Kerruish, Group Microbiologist at Diageo.2024-02-0612 min