Brewing yeast development and production optimization

Yeast producers grow and distribute a wide variety of brewing yeasts to brewers to be used to make a wide selection of beers. These yeasts are commonly provided shipped as a wet slurry of yeast of a known number that brewers use to start the brewing process. Brewers demand high quality yeast to ensure efficient brewing and are always in search of novel yeasts with more desirable attributes and less undesirable ones. With this research we propose to optimize the growth process of a wide selection of yeasts to improve the yield and develop existing and novel yeasts with improved desirable traits and less undesirable traits. Overall, this project will increase production efficiency and increase the selection of yeast available from Escarpment Labs.

Faculty Supervisor:

George van der Merwe

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Partner:

Escarpment Laboratories Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Guelph

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