Brewing is used to convert the starches in the malt to sugar, which is then usable by the yeast later in the brewing process. Doing the latter rest at the lower end of the range favours β-amylase enzymes, producing more low-order sugars like maltotriose, maltose, and glucose which are more fermentable by the yeast. This in turn creates a beer lower in body and higher in alcohol. A rest closer to the higher end of the range favours α-amylase enzymes, creating more higher-order sugars and dextrins which are less fermentable by the yeast, so a fuller-bodied beer with less alcohol is
Great Divide Brewing Company expand. In September 2008, Great Divide opened a new brewery that tripled its production. At the same time, they changed the art on all of their labels. The brewery's current branding is marked by sensationalized silhouette depictions of the region from which a particular beer originated (for instance, the sexualized female farmhand featured on the farmhouse ale Colette's label) and irreverent humor, as marked by the Imperial Stout Yeti's, "I believe." campaign. Great Divide Brewing Company was founded with the notion of brewing strong beers, which are defined as having an alcohol content greater than 7%. Six of the thirteen