This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on fermentation, with historical information, scientific descriptions, instructions of practical application, and many other related aspects. "e;Fermentation"e; will be of considerable utility to those with a keen interest in brewing beer and ale at home and would make for a worthy addition to any collections of allied literature. Contents include: Historical; Alcoholic or Spirituous Fermentation; Alcoholic Ferments; Actual Composition of Ferments; Functions of Yeast; Action of Various Chemical and Physical Agents on Alcoholic Fermentation; Can Nothing but Alcoholic Yeast Excite Alcoholic Fermentation? Viscous or Mannitic Fermentation of Sugar; Lactic Fermentation; Ammoniacal Fermentation; Butyric Fermentation and Putrefaction; Fermentation by Oxidation; Application of the Researches and Ideas of M. Pasteur. Many vintage books like this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on brewing beer.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on fermentation, with historical information, scientific descriptions, instructions of practical application, and many other related aspects. "Fermentation" will be of considerable utility to those with a keen interest in brewing beer and ale at home and would make for a worthy addition to any collections of allied literature. Contents include: Historical; Alcoholic or Spirituous Fermentation; Alcoholic Ferments; Actual Composition of Ferments; Functions of Yeast; Action of Various Chemical and Physical Agents on Alcoholic Fermentation; Can Nothing but Alcoholic Yeast Excite Alcoholic Fermentation? Viscous or Mannitic Fermentation of Sugar; Lactic Fermentation; Ammoniacal Fermentation; Butyric Fermentation and Putrefaction; Fermentation by Oxidation; Application of the Researches and Ideas of M. Pasteur. Many vintage books like this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on brewing beer.