top fermentation
English
Noun
top fermentation (uncountable)
- (brewing) Alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermenting liquid.
- Antonym: bottom fermentation
- 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 13, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
- Top fermentation is usually carried out at between 64 and 77 ° F/ 18– 25 ° C and takes two to seven days, during which the yeasty foam is skimmed off several times.