Themed journey · 8 chapters
Yeast & Fermentation How Wort Becomes Beer
Yeast determines whether a beer becomes an ale or a lager, whether it smells of banana or tastes sour. Eight stops from fermentation to the question of whether beer is allowed to be cloudy.
Chapter 1What Does Yeast Do in Beer?Fermentation Explained
Chapter 2Top-Fermented and Bottom-Fermented: The DifferenceTwo Yeast Families
Chapter 3Where Does Lager Yeast Come From? Hansen, Carlsberg, and a HybridA Hybrid
Chapter 4Banana and Clove: Esters and Phenols from Wheat Beer YeastWheat Beer Aromas
Chapter 5Spontaneous fermentation: lambic, koelschip, and BrettanomycesWild fermentation
Chapter 6Kveik and farmhouse yeasts: fermenting at up to 40°CYeast from the farm
Chapter 7Secondary Fermentation, Lagering, Bottle ConditioningMaturity takes time
Chapter 8Yeast-cloudy or filtered: Kellerbier, Zwickel, KristallweizenCloudy or clear