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Zymurgy or zymology is the study of fermentation
Fermentation (food)

Fermentation in food processing typically refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast under anaerobic conditions. A more general definition of fermentation is the chemical conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids....
. The word was originally used to describe the science involved in these processes but it has since become more broadly used to describe the brewing
Brewing

Brewing is the production of alcoholic beverages and alcohol fuel through fermentation . The term is used for the production of beer, although the word "brewing" is also used to describe the fermentation process used to create wine and mead....
 of alcoholic beverages. A zymurgist (or zymologist) is one who studies zymurgy.

Zymurgy is also the name of a homebrew
Homebrew

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ers magazine. The word also can be found in the names of several organizations involved in brewing alcohol
Ethanol

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatility , flammable, colorless liquid....
.

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Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur was a France chemist and microbiologist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of disease. His experiments supported the germ theory of disease, also reducing mortality from puerperal fever , and he created the first vaccine for rabies....
 is considered to have been the first zymologist when, in 1857, he connected yeast
Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans....
 to fermentation.






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Zymurgy or zymology is the study of fermentation
Fermentation (food)

Fermentation in food processing typically refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast under anaerobic conditions. A more general definition of fermentation is the chemical conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids....
. The word was originally used to describe the science involved in these processes but it has since become more broadly used to describe the brewing
Brewing

Brewing is the production of alcoholic beverages and alcohol fuel through fermentation . The term is used for the production of beer, although the word "brewing" is also used to describe the fermentation process used to create wine and mead....
 of alcoholic beverages. A zymurgist (or zymologist) is one who studies zymurgy.

Zymurgy is also the name of a homebrew
Homebrew

Sorry, no overview for this topic
ers magazine. The word also can be found in the names of several organizations involved in brewing alcohol
Ethanol

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatility , flammable, colorless liquid....
.

History

Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur was a France chemist and microbiologist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of disease. His experiments supported the germ theory of disease, also reducing mortality from puerperal fever , and he created the first vaccine for rabies....
 is considered to have been the first zymologist when, in 1857, he connected yeast
Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans....
 to fermentation. Pasteur originally defined fermentation as "respiration without air". The German Eduard Buchner
Eduard Buchner

Eduard Buchner was a Germany chemistry and Zymurgy, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation ....
, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
 in chemistry, later determined that fermentation was actually caused by the yeast's secretion of an enzyme that he called zymase
Zymase

Zymase is an enzyme complex that catalyzes glycolysis, the fermentation of sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide. As the conversion takes place, the reaction will gradually slow down....
.

Trivia

Zymurgy is the last word in most English-language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 dictionaries, excluding proper nouns and onomatopoetic words.

See also

  • History of wine
    History of wine

    The history of wine spans thousands of years and is closely intertwined with the history of agriculture, cuisine, civilization and History of the world himself....
  • History of beer
    History of beer

    Beer is one of the world's oldest beverages, with the history of beer dating back to the 6th millennium BC, and being recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia....
  • Fermentation of food
    Fermentation (food)

    Fermentation in food processing typically refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast under anaerobic conditions. A more general definition of fermentation is the chemical conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids....
  • Mead
    Mead

    Mead is a typically alcoholic beverage beverage, made from honey and water via Fermentation with yeast. Its alcoholic content may range from that of a mild ale to that of a strong wine....


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