Biology of Brewing & Distillery Yeasts

Brewing yeast. Functional history of brewing yeast. Taxonomy and ecology of brewing yeast. Structure and functional physiology of brewing yeast. Yeast nutrition. Ethanol production by yeast. Yeast growth and viability. Oxygen relation in yeast growth and ethanol production. Metabolism of wort by yeast, fermentation technologies and vessels, carbonation, beer maturation, treatments and stabilization. Yeast and beer quality. Wine yeasts and wine fermentation. Yeast improvement strategies.