Lager beers got their start in Bavaria, but it was a little South American spice that really kicked things off.
Galls — growths resulting from a fungal infection — grow on southern beech trees in Northern Patagonia. Scientists recently found a wild yeast that gave rise to a hybrid yeast used to brew lagers in such galls on trees growing in and near two national parks in Argentina.
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