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One of the four ingredients of beer. Yeast is a single cell organism whose metabolism converts the sugars contained in the [[malt]] into [[alcohol]] and carbon dioxide. One species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used to make ale, and another, Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, is used to make [[lager]].
One of the four ingredients of beer. Yeast is a single cell organism whose metabolism converts the sugars contained in the [[malt]] into [[alcohol]] and carbon dioxide. One species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used to make ale, and another, Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, is used to make [[lager]].
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Revision as of 17:57, 20 January 2007

One of the four ingredients of beer. Yeast is a single cell organism whose metabolism converts the sugars contained in the malt into alcohol and carbon dioxide. One species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used to make ale, and another, Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, is used to make lager.

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