Carlsberg turns to AI for brewing help

Since we've sequenced the human genome and created a tool that can edit it, the logical next step is Carlsberg's Beer Fingerprinting Project, which uses machine learning to predict a beer's taste profile -- bitter, sweet, toasty, and so on. The big picture: Brewing is chemistry, and computer-assisted analysis can help fine-tune recipes or processes that can make a lot of money for beer companies. It was only a matter of time before AI snuck into the brewery.