Yeast
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Yeast is a single-celled microscopic fungus that scientists call a "microorganism". This cell is shaped like an egg and is only visible under a microscope as it is no more than 6 to 8 mm in size. The yeast most commonly known is called Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Saccharo from the sugar and Myces from the fungus. The word cerevisiae that identifies the genus of yeast comes from the Gaelic name cervoise, meaning beer.
Yeast
Hops
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The hop flowers give the beer aroma, flavour and the characteristic bitterness. Its Latin name is HUMULUS lupulus (Hops). It is a member of the Hops family. It is known by the names Hops, Hops, Hops or Wild Hops. It is a well-known climbing hop plant that thrives throughout Europe. It is a perennial poa with angular, hollow, climbing stems and can grow up to 6 metres. Leaves are oppositely distributed, consisting of 3 to 7 toothed lobes. The flowers are borne separately in female, whorled flowers, which are covered with a fine powder, and male flowers in small clusters on the same plant. The strobilocones are used in pharmacy, and also in beer production as a main flavouring and preservative (300 grams in a ton of beer). In brewing, the female is used and is used as a natural preservative
Hops
Barley malt
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The basis for the production of beer. It comes from the cereal whose starch gives us the sugars used for alcoholic fermentation.
Barley malt
Water
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The ingredient that gains the highest percentage in beer and that naturally has the most influence on its quality and character.