Irish Examiner View: Thirsty scholars could flock to UCC beer research

The Cotk university was part of a study into saccharomyces pastorianus, the yeast responsible for producing all lager beer.

The prospect of researching beer should interest many potential college students. File Picture.

News that researchers from UCC have teamed up with colleagues from the Technical University of Munich in Germany for pioneering research might not appear to be the stuff of banner headlines, but the research subject in this case is intriguing: Beer.

The two universities joined forces to investigate the origins of saccharomyces pastorianus, the yeast responsible for producing lager beer, and duly settled a question that has exercised brewing minds for centuries.