Brewing beer begins with milling, or crushing the barley (or other grain) kernels, which are then soaked in hot water. The solids are filtered out, and the remaining liquid is called wort.

Most of the earliest known cultures brewed it, and some scholars believe that it was the quest for beer, not bread, that motivated our hunter-gatherer ancestors to settle down and cultivate grain.

April Dove listened intently as Brooklyn Brewery legend Garrett Oliver discussed his work with fonio, an ancient grain grown in Senegal. During a beer conference in Las Vegas, he shared the health ...