bottom fermenting yeast — noun brewer s yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager • Hypernyms: ↑brewer s yeast … Useful english dictionary
Yeast — of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae Scientific classification Domain … Wikipedia
Yeast flocculation — typically refers to the clumping together (flocculation) of brewing yeast once the sugar in a beer brew has been fermented into ethyl alcohol. In the case of top fermenting ale yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ), the yeast sinks to the bottom of… … Wikipedia
Baker's yeast — Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast commonly used as baker s yeast. Gradation marks are 1 µm apart Baker s yeast is the common name for the strains of yeast commonly used as a leavening agent in baking bread and bakery products, where… … Wikipedia
brewer's yeast — noun 1. yeast used in fermenting beer • Hypernyms: ↑yeast, ↑barm • Hyponyms: ↑bottom fermenting yeast, ↑top fermenting yeast 2. used as a leaven in baking and brewing • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bottom fermentation — Bot tom fer men*ta tion A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4[deg] 10[deg] C. (39[deg] 50[deg]F.). It is used in making lager beer and wines … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bottom yeast — noun : a yeast that is present in the manufacture of wine and lager beer and that separates after fermentation on the bottom of the fermenting vessel * * * a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a… … Useful english dictionary
yeast — yeastless, adj. yeastlike, adj. /yeest/, n. 1. any of various small, single celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates… … Universalium
bottom fermentation — noun a slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of lager • Hypernyms: ↑zymosis, ↑zymolysis, ↑fermentation, ↑fermenting, ↑ferment … Useful english dictionary
Brewing — Brewer redirects here. For other uses, see Brewer (disambiguation). This article is about the commercial brewing of beer. For making tea, see Steeping. For homebrewing, see Homebrewing. A 16th century brewery Brewing is the production of beer… … Wikipedia
