The Impact of Sedimentation on Cone Yeast Heterogeneity

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-17

  Powell, Chris D ^a   Quain, David E ^b   Smart, Katherine A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Technical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cropping; Fermentation performance; Saccharomyces

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 1542753418     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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