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Last place in the English dictionary is nothing to sneer at, nor are the 25 points up for grabs in Scrabble by laying down the Z, both Ys, and a clutch of lesser tiles as “ZYMURGY”. It has a definition, too: it’s the science of fermentation, and despite its formidable Greek roots it’s a relatively recent invention.

“Zymurgy” came about as these things usually do. The French scientist Louis Pasteur was fermenting sugar into alcohol in his lab when it dawned on him that the process also produced new yeast cells. This realization was novel to the microbiology of the time, and from “zyme-“ (leaven) and “-ourgia” (a working) came a new word to suit. One swift redefinition, and an air of scientific respectability (if not the faintest whiff of pretension) fell upon the practice formerly known as “brewing”.