Effect of the concentration of propagation wort on yeast cell volume and fermentation performance

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-20

  Cahill, Gearoid ^a   Murray, Deirdre M ^a   Walsh, Padraig K ^b   Donnelly, Dan ^c  

^a DIAGEO PLC   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

High gravity brewing; Image analysis; Wort gravity

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; CELL VOLUME; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; WORT; YEAST;

EID: 0033995657     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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