Beer is made by fermenting malted grains, hops, water, and yeast. Small changes in ingredient amounts and production result in a vast array of beers.

With the rise in local craft beers and double IPAs, there's plenty of talk about hops, but discussion of malted barley is often secondary (if it's had at all). Both hops and barley have a notable ...

Tokyo, Dec 3, 2009 (Sapporo Breweries Ltd. (PINK:SOOBF)(Head Office: Tokyo; President Masaru Fukunaga) is launching sales of the world’s first beer produced using malt made 100% from “space barley,” ...