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This is How SweetWater Waxes Your Bottles [Video]

SweetWater is in the process of releasing 2012 Festive bombers. Each one is dipped by hand in wax.  Fun at first, but tedious over time ( right @BravesandBeer?) Congrats Francesca on your first waxing session. (Bomber waxing that is. )

Newly Found Yeast Gene Could Make Beer Head Better

Saccharomyces pastorianus, a popular beer yeast, has yielded the first gene for beer foam.  Recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the gene could potentially improve the stabilization of the foam.

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