Brewing research, enzymes and the history of the pH scale

By P. A. Swain

Issue 329 | Page 75 | Published Jun 2008

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How the pH scale came to be developed in the brewing industry in 1909 after a century of major discoveries about enzymes, ions and fermentation.

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