New brewing Method Means Faster Beer, Less Waste

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New brewing Method Means Faster Beer, Less Waste

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 13, 2004 @06:12AM from the curing-worts dept.

thatshortkid writes "A brewmaster in Germany has invented a cylinder that fuses yeast to the sides, allowing the yeast to do its fermentation job faster. A process that normally takes 10 days now takes a few hours. Also, yeast that normally has to be changed out after three brews can now last up to six months to a year."

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too good to be true. by Sevn · 2004-10-13 06:27 · Score: 2, Insightful

They'll be a downside. It will all taste like shit (coors, heineken) or something.

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Re:But the real question is... by venomkid · 2004-10-13 06:39 · Score: 2, Insightful

If you believe in fairies, it'll equal lower beer prices.

If you live in the real world, it means higher profits and layoffs.

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Taste? by WhatAmIDoingHere · 2004-10-13 06:41 · Score: 4, Insightful

Faster doesn't always mean better.

What does it taste like?

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1. Re:Taste? by WhatAmIDoingHere · 2004-10-13 11:00 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Tasting fine and tasting good aren't the same thing.
  
  If I was trying to sell an invention of mine, I wouldn't say "The finished product tastes like yak-piss"
  
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Re:Hopefully this equals by warpSpeed · 2004-10-13 07:01 · Score: 4, Insightful

Less Expensive Beer!!!
If you want less expensive beer, and good flavor (or any flavor for that matter), brew your own at home.
It can be far more economical, and you get braggin' rights to boot.
Economics by Bob_Robertson · 2004-10-13 08:11 · Score: 3, Insightful

The higher profits will be a signal to others that there is money to be made. They will step in, and in order to make money they will use the more efficient methods, undercut the price and sell more, trying to make money like the original pioneer.

The pioneer will then lower their price (or raise their quality) or go out of business.

Since there are more players in the market than before, productive workers originally laid off will be hired by the competition or become the competition themselves.

The winners are consumers who enjoy better quality, lower prices, or most often both.

When another development in efficiency or quality changes the production cost point again, the new profit margins will again signal to ready entrepreneurs that there is money to be made. Consumers enjoy another round of lower prices and higher quality.

If the governments weren't printing money like it was going out of style, a steady deflation would be the rule (again) as this progression of improvements in quality and efficiency continues to occur in every field and industry.

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1. Re:Economics by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-13 08:39 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  From a micro econ standpoint, your correct. There will be more competition, and the free market price of beer will drop because of more availabilty, and with more availability there is bound to be optimizations.
  
  O a SOCIAL level...we have more alcoholics...which is BAD.
What about Mead? by Retric · 2004-10-13 09:00 · Score: 2, Insightful

This sounds cool, but what about mead? I love the stuff but it can take months to find out if the batch is good.

Ahh well some things are worth the wait.