Recent content by res13

I agree that spending time and money on creating something new besides yeast to make beer would be a waste, it was merely a theoretical question. I am trying to figure out exactly what it is about yeasts (and not other microorganisms) that make them good drinking-alcohol makers, and if it is...

I apologize in advance if this is a common question around here. Purely theoretical, I was wondering if anyone knew why it HAS to be a yeast species that ferment sugars into drinking alcohol. Ethanol for biofuels is already made from many microorganisms for use in biofuels, so why couldn't...