Louis Pasteur's Studies on Fermentation: The Diseases of Beer, Their Causes, and the Means of Preventing Them

In 1876, Louis Pasteur published his ground-breaking volume, ?tudes sur la Bi're, soon translated into English as Studies On Fermentation. The book changed the course of brewing during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, representing a huge leap forward in the scientific understanding of the processes involved in beermaking.In his preface, Pasteur modestly wrote, OI need not hazard any prediction concerning the advantages likely to accrue to the brewing industry from the adoption of such a process of brewing as my study of the subject has enabled me to devise, and from an application of the novel facts upon which this process is founded. Time is the best appraiser of scientific work, and I am not unaware that an industrial discovery rarely produces all its fruits in the hands of its first inventor.OOf course, the brewing industry recognized almost immediately the impact that Pasteur's research would have on the art and science of beermaking. Brewers around the globe put Pasteur's findings to work in their breweries and, thus, plunged the industry headlong into the modern era.Pasteur, Louis is the author of 'Louis Pasteur's Studies on Fermentation: The Diseases of Beer, Their Causes, and the Means of Preventing Them', published 2005 under ISBN 9780966208429 and ISBN 0966208420.