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bottom fermentation

bottom fermentation noun: a slow alcoholic fermentation process carried out at low temperatures during which the yeast sinks to the bottom of the liquid. Used in brewing lager-type beers.

Noun

bottom fermentation (countable and uncountable, plural bottom fermentations)

  1. A slow alcoholic fermentation process carried out at low temperatures during which the yeast sinks to the bottom of the liquid. Used in brewing lager-type beers.
    • Carlton was mainly equipped to produce top-fermentation bulk beer, the old fashioned English ale. But the public taste had changed. On 27 April the brewers reported to the board that the public taste now was largely for bottom-fermentation beer or lager.1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 90
    • Bottom fermentation goes on at distinctly lower temperatures, 43 to 50 ° F/ 6– 10 ° C, takes six to ten days, and produces a milder flavor. Bottom fermentation is the standard technique in the United States.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 13, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN

Antonyms of bottom fermentation

Forms of bottom fermentation

pluralbottom fermentations

Questions about bottom fermentation

What does bottom fermentation mean?
Bottom fermentation means a slow alcoholic fermentation process carried out at low temperatures during which the yeast sinks to the bottom of the liquid. Used in brewing lager-type beers.
What part of speech is bottom fermentation?
Bottom fermentation is a noun.
What is the plural of bottom fermentation?
The plural of bottom fermentation is bottom fermentations.

Words near bottom fermentation in the dictionary

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  6. bottom fermentation
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  8. bottom fisher
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