Montana State University biofilm researchers study ways to improve taste of beer

In Darla Goeres’ lab on the third floor of Barnard Hall at Montana State University, the beer on tap is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. But when it comes out of the keg with a frosty head, it’s not for drinking.

Instead, Goeres and her collaborators at the Standard Biofilm Methods Laboratory in MSU’s Center for Biofilm Engineering use the brew to study how to improve the taste of beer everywhere, by finding ways to better remove taste-altering biofilms from the plastic lines that carry beer from keg to tap.

"When you get a beer and have a sip and think ‘that doesn’t taste right,’ it’s probably because of biofilm," said Goeres, an associate research professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in MSU’s College of Engineering.

By Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service

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