The Montreal Gazette has been having a little summer fun with their series 26 Tales of The City: Montreal From A to Z (pronounced “zed”). As the series winds up, the penultimate article celebrates something very dear to us—yeast. In “Y is for Yeast,” writer Ryan Bergen celebrates Montreal’s booming brewpub culture, gives a good general outline about fermentation, and quotes perhaps one of the best lines ever written about the process.
“Beer is yeast poo,” Larry Kress explains, as he slowly works his slotted canoe paddle through a vessel full of steaming beer ingredients. …
Source: The Montreal Gazette


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