brewer's yeast

1. Yeast used in fermenting beer (synset 114808864)
   is a type of: barm, yeast - a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
   subtypes:

   • bottom fermenting yeast - brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager
   • top fermenting yeast - brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale
2. Used as a leaven in baking and brewing (synset 113046614)
   is a type of: yeast - any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
   belongs to: genus saccharomyces, saccharomyces - single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates
   same as: baker's yeast, saccharomyces cerevisiae

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