Types of beer

Scientists have identified a yeast that led to the discovery of lager.

As the president prepares to smooth over the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, The Takeaway’s Femi Oke hit the bars to find out whether conflict is best resolved over a beer and Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver weighs in on the president’s beer selection.

The World’s Julia Kumari Drapkin reports that supplies of hops and malted barley are running short of global demand, which is bad news for the price of beer.