Kveik is a collective term for a family of strains of brewing yeast that has been used in Norwegian farmhouse brewing for generations.
Norwegian farmhouse beer in Hardanger, 1954
A yeast is any species of fungus that grows primarily in a unicellular form and reproduces via budding or fission. Yeasts are eukaryotic microorganisms that originated hundreds of millions of years ag
Yeast ring used by Swedish farmhouse brewers in the 19th century to preserve yeast between brewing sessions
Bubbles of carbon dioxide forming during beer-brewing
Yeast in a bottle during sparkling wine production at Schramsberg Vineyards, Napa