The Beer Collection

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See what some of your favorite beverages look like under the microscope.

Beer is the product of the fermentation of sugar into alcohol by yeast. The prime ingredients are barley, malt extract, and hops. To make beer, barley is soaked in water for hydration, sprouted, then dried to form malt. The malt is then "mashed" in heated water under controlled circumstances to allow fermentation to occur and produce alcohol. Beer can be filtered or pasteurized, then charged with carbon dioxide to give the tingling taste.

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