BST 814
Yeast Technology and Brewing Fermentation
3
Course Description
Brewing yeast structure.
Course Outline
Brewing yeast structure; Yeast cell wall in relation to flocculence; fining and head retention; Yeast propagation and purification; Improvement of brewing strains by hybridization; rare mating; cytoduction; killer yeasts; mutation etc; Large scale manufacture of yeasts for commercial purposes; Yeast products and their uses; Biochemistry of fermentation: changes from wort to beer; Batch and continuous culture; Main fermentation rooms and vessels; Control and regulation of fermentation; Secondary fermentation