Meaning of Zymurgy | Babel Free

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1. Synonym of zymology (“the chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beermaking and winemaking”).
   no-plural, uncountable, usually
2. The practice of using fermentation to produce alcoholic beverages.
   no-plural, uncountable, usually

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Examples

“ZYMURGY. A name⟳ applied to that department of technological chemistry which treats of the scientific principles of wine-making, brewing, distilling, and the preparation of yeast and vinegar,—processes in which fermentation plays the principal part.”

“With great interest⟳ I learn⟳ from a pamphlet by Mr. Georg Barth, expert in zymurgy at Munich, which I have⟳ received lately, that the author, in his essay on "The Best Method of Storing Hops," arrives at the same conclusions which I have⟳ drawn in this article.”

“The natural languages, however, cover⟳ every subject from aardvarks to zymurgies.”

“Later, in 1897, the German chemist Eduard Buchner refined [Louis] Pasteur's work⟳ by showing that the yeasts did not actually have⟳ to be alive to yield⟳ the fermentation process⟳, as it is an enzymatic secretion of yeast that metabolizes sugar to produce⟳ alcohol. This refinement led to Buchner's receipt of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for advancements in zymurgy.”

“Going by the amount of liquor you consume⟳, I thought the only science that interested you was zymurgy, which would make⟳ you an illegal scientist because you are not quite eighteen yet.”

“Of Zymurgy I little know⟳, / Perhaps because I little knead, / And can but make⟳ a sorry show⟳ / In singing liaisons of feed⟳, / Flour, fodder,— […]”

“Of course, tastes in brewing have⟳ changed (and diversified) since zymurgy’s early days. For example, hops are now considered a staple beer ingredient, but their use⟳ was considered illegal by the Brewer’s Guild in England until the late fifteenth century.”

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