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Louis Pasteur

French scientist whose 1876 Études sur la bière connected brewing problems to microbiological fermentation research.

  • chemist · microbiologist · researcher
  • lifespan not asserted
  • 2 sourced/contextual connections

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chemist · microbiologist · researcher
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lifespan not asserted
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Lager Fermentation

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Pasteur’s beer studies are connected to fermentation research; this does not assert authorship of modern lager fermentation.

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historical event

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.

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. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.

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Evidence: Études sur la bière by Louis Pasteur, 1876

brewing process

Lager Fermentation

A biological fermentation process associated with lager brewing cultures, kept distinct from the microbial species/culture identities that perform it.

Navigation heuristic: 29. semantic 6 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0

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Louis Pasteur — associated with → Lager Fermentation.

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Evidence: Études sur la bière by Louis Pasteur, 1876

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Études sur la bière by Louis Pasteur, 1876

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