| top fermentation 
 
 a violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid;
 used in the production of ale
 - top fermentation uses a yeast that ferments at higher temperatures than that used for bottom fermentation
 • Hypernyms:
 zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment
 
 
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