Killer yeasts may help remedy a craft beer brewing bother
Brewing researchers have found that proteins called killer toxins, which are produced naturally by many strains of S. cerevisiae, suppress diastatic strains which can spoil craft beer through hyperattenuation, which can cause bottles to explode.
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