top fermentation

/tɑp ˈfʌrmənˌteɪʃən/

Definitions of top fermentation

1. noun

   a violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of ale
   “top fermentation uses a yeast that ferments at higher temperatures than that used for bottom fermentation”

   type of:

   ferment, fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis

   a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol