Science & technology is really Japan's kind of thing.   Okayama University sent barley grains to the International Space Station to be stored to see how they survived in space. &

The alcohol content of beer needs to be measured for two prime reasons;   The amount of tax paid on a beer is proportional to the alcohol content and so people can see how the beer they'r

The dissolved salts in the water used for brewing affect the flavour of the finished beer.

The flavour compounds in hops can be extracted by the process of the boil stage of brewing. This is the traditional way to impart the hop flavour into beer and has been used for centuries.