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JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.16833
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beer; brewing; diastatic yeast; flavor composition; mixed fermentation; modeling
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This study aimed to investigate the impact of mixed fermentations on fermentation kinetics and concentration of volatile compounds. The results showed that the behavior of mixed fermentations was predictable and proportional to the mixture ratios. The mixed fermentations exhibited a combination of aroma profiles from two different yeast strains.
Belgian Saisons and Lambics are two well-known examples in the brewing industry of mixed fermentations, combination of two or more yeast and/or bacteria strains. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact different pitch rates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (traditional brewing yeast) and S. cerevisiae var. diastaticus (a variant associated with Belgian styles) had on the fermentation kinetics and concentration of the volatile compounds in the finished beers. A series of brews were performed utilizing ratios of S. cerevisiae and diastaticus. The fermentations were heavily monitored, and a model was used to fit fermentation variables. It was found that mixed fermentations produced behaviors that were predictable and proportional to the mixture ratios. As expected, the pure cultural fermentations of diastaticus had a slower fermentation midpoint (M) at 45.45 h versus 28.28 h for S. cerevisiae with the mixed ones falling in between the two. Flavor and aroma play a key role in the acceptability of beer. The mixed fermentations showed a combination of the two different yeast strains aromatic profiles. When combined, there was a strong linearity between alcohols (R-2 = 0.94), esters (R-2 = 0.89), and the overall total (R-2 = 0.91) volatile compounds.
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