Yeast Management: Avoiding Stress On The Yeast

Yeast Management is the most neglected activity in most breweries in the world that results in poor beer quality, bad taste, odor and unpleasant smell in beer, yeast management does not always receive the necessary attention in practice. I am very fortunate to have done a few green field and brown field brewery projects in India therefore, I understand how critical and important yeast Management is to improve beer quality in breweries. Most of the problem in breweries is poor yeast management and not properly handling cropping yeast and not properly reconditioning and maintaining yeast in yeast tanks before pitching yeast into fermentor !! What can breweries do to keep the yeast from being stressed!!! Resolve this issue in the brewery.

Following are the key factors in modern yeast management.

Yeast Management

Selecting the right yeast strain is a very important aspect of yeast management. Selecting the right yeast strain is as important as the other raw materials like water, malt, and hops. Fermenting by-products give beer its characteristic, aroma, and taste. Yeast management is about providing highly vital yeast in the best possible physiological conditions, in sufficient quantity, and in the shortest time possible. The starting point is a…