The Yeast Hunters
Meet the couple supplying some of the country’s most lauded brewers with a taste of native Texas terroir.
- story: Laurel Miller
- photo: Dingding Hu
Meet the couple supplying some of the country’s most lauded brewers with a taste of native Texas terroir.
Dave Martin’s homebrewed farmhouse ales have quickly become the talk of the beer world.
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What is that special something that makes some wines, beers and cheeses smell like—for lack a better term—crap? It's the Brettanomyces, a wild yeast strain that was first identified in…