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brewer's yeast

DEFINITIONS OF: brewer's yeast

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n yeast used in fermenting beer

Types:
bottom fermenting yeast
brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager
top fermenting yeast
brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale
Type of:
barm, yeast
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

n used as a leaven in baking and brewing

Synonyms:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, baker's yeast
Type of:
yeast
any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
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