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Niels Bohr is one of the greatest scientists who ever lived.
He was also a favourite of his fellow Danes when he lived in Copenhagen. Apparently, after he won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg brewery gave him a gift with a house located next to the brewery. And the best perk of the house?
It had a direct pipeline to the brewery so that Bohr had free beer on tap whenever he wanted.
Carlsberg had a passion for science as part of its company culture. They had a laboratory devoted to developing better beer brewing.
In 1875 that laboratory was the first to isolate Saccharomyces pastorianus, the species of yeast used to brew pale lagers. The laboratory also made discoveries in protein chemistry that ended up having applications elsewhere.
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