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Pasteur publishes Études sur la bière
Louis Pasteur published Études sur la bière in 1876, applying microbiological ideas to beer fermentation, spoilage, and brewery practice.
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1876 CE · precision: exact year · not marked approximate
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Études sur la bière by Louis Pasteur, 1876
Wellcome Collection
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chemist · microbiologist · researcher
Louis Pasteur
French scientist whose 1876 Études sur la bière connected brewing problems to microbiological fermentation research.
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Louis Pasteur
French scientist whose 1876 Études sur la bière connected brewing problems to microbiological fermentation research.
Navigation heuristic: 40. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
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Pasteur publishes Études sur la bière — historically connected to → Louis Pasteur.
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historical era
Industrial & Scientific Brewing
A lens for the expansion of brewing scale, standardized measurement, fermentation science, and industrial production.
Navigation heuristic: 38. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 6 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
occurred_during · forward
Pasteur publishes Études sur la bière — occurred during → Industrial & Scientific Brewing.
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place
Paris
Publication place of Louis Pasteur’s Études sur la bière (1876).
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occurred_in · forward
Pasteur publishes Études sur la bière — occurred in → Paris.
Historical event occurred in a place. Location context for pasteur etudes sur la biere 1876.
brewing process
Ale Fermentation
A biological fermentation process in which brewing yeast metabolizes wort constituents and forms ethanol, carbon dioxide, and many flavor-active metabolites.
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Pasteur publishes Études sur la bière — historically connected to → Ale Fermentation.
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