brewer's yeast

English

Noun

brewer's yeast (plural brewer's yeasts)

1. (brewing) Any live yeast used in brewing or yeast obtained as a by-product of brewing, dried and killed, and used as nutritional yeast.

Hyponyms

• (yeast associated with brewing): Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ale yeast), Saccharomyces pastorianus (formerly Saccharomyces carlsbergensis), Dekkera spp (anamorph), Brettanomyces spp. (teleomorph)
• turbo yeast

Translations

yeast used in brewing or yeast obtained as a by-product of brewing, used as nutritional yeast

• German: Brauhefe f
• Irish: giosta bríbhéireachta m
• Manchu: ᡥᡠᡥᡠ (huhu)

See also

• baker's yeast