Improved control of brewery yeast pitching using image analysis

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 72-78

  Cahill, Gearoid ^a   Walsh, Padraig K ^b   Donnelly, Dan ^a  

^a DIAGEO PLC   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Storage; Viability

Indexed keywords

BEER PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERMENTATION;

EID: 0032904988     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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