SC - yeast/alcohol was: small beer?
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Fri Jun 2 10:41:22 PDT 2000
You are correct. Modern baker's yeast is cultivated to improve the
carbon-dioxide production and reduce the alcohol production. It improves
both the rise and flavor of the bread. It also make the yeast less tolerant
of acid environments.
Bear
I could be wrong, though, but I
> seem to recall that
> the yeast is cultured to enhance its carbon-dioxide
> production qualities over
> its alcohol production. Controlled genetic mutation, I think.
> I'll search
> the trunk of my car for the references :)
>
> Balthazar of Blackmoor
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