Fermentation Flashcards
What is fermentation
Microbiological process to convert carbs and sugars into interesting products
Important microbes for fermentation
Yeast and bacteria
Solid food fermentation?
Solid food fermented by bacteria
Liquid food fermented by
Yeast
Main Industrial yeast ?
Saccharine cerevisiae
How is alcohol made
Starch/ sugar with yeast
When did brewing begin
2000-6000BC
What is beer
Alcoholic fermentation of the aqueous extract of malted barley with hops
Brewing raw materials
Water
Barley hordeum
Good humulus
Yeast saccrmyces
What’s is barley
A cereal grass
High in starch
And protein
What is malt
Barley that has been germinated and dried by kilning
What happens when malt is mashed
Produces maltose - disaccharide
Main brewing sugar
What is Hops
Flowers adds flavour and aroma to the drink and acts as a preservative as it kills bacteria
What ale are brewing yeasts
Sacchramiyces cerevise
Lager yeast
Saccharomyces pastorianus