The deliberate inoculation of yeast strains isolated from food matrices such as wine or bread, could allow the transfer of novel properties to beer. In this work, the feasibility of the use of baker’s yeast strains as starters for craft beer production has been evaluated at laboratory and brewery scale. Nine out of 12 Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from artisanal sourdoughs metabolized 2 % maltose, glucose and trehalose and showed growth rates and cell populations higher than those of the brewer’s strain Safbrew-S33. Analysis of allelic variation at 12 microsatellite loci clustered seven baker’s strains and Safbrew-S33 in the main group of bread isolates. Chemical analyses of beers produced at a brewery scale showed significant differences among the beers produced with the baker’s strain S38 or Safbrew-S33, while no significant differences were observed when S38 or the brewer’s strain Safbrew-F2 was used for re-fermentation. The sensory profile of beers obtained with S38 or the brewer’s yeasts did not show significant differences, thus suggesting that baker’s strains of S. cerevisiae could represent a reservoir of biodiversity for the selection of starter strains for craft beer production.

Novel starters for old processes: use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from artisanal sourdough for craft beer production at a brewery scale / Marongiu, A; Zara, Giacomo; Legras, J. L.; DEL CARO, Alessandra; Mascia, I; Fadda, Costantino; Budroni, Marilena. - In: JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 1367-5435. - 42:1(2015), pp. 8.85-8.92. [10.1007/s10295-014-1525-1]

Novel starters for old processes: use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from artisanal sourdough for craft beer production at a brewery scale

ZARA, Giacomo;DEL CARO, Alessandra;FADDA, Costantino;BUDRONI, Marilena
2015-01-01

Abstract

The deliberate inoculation of yeast strains isolated from food matrices such as wine or bread, could allow the transfer of novel properties to beer. In this work, the feasibility of the use of baker’s yeast strains as starters for craft beer production has been evaluated at laboratory and brewery scale. Nine out of 12 Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from artisanal sourdoughs metabolized 2 % maltose, glucose and trehalose and showed growth rates and cell populations higher than those of the brewer’s strain Safbrew-S33. Analysis of allelic variation at 12 microsatellite loci clustered seven baker’s strains and Safbrew-S33 in the main group of bread isolates. Chemical analyses of beers produced at a brewery scale showed significant differences among the beers produced with the baker’s strain S38 or Safbrew-S33, while no significant differences were observed when S38 or the brewer’s strain Safbrew-F2 was used for re-fermentation. The sensory profile of beers obtained with S38 or the brewer’s yeasts did not show significant differences, thus suggesting that baker’s strains of S. cerevisiae could represent a reservoir of biodiversity for the selection of starter strains for craft beer production.
2015
Novel starters for old processes: use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from artisanal sourdough for craft beer production at a brewery scale / Marongiu, A; Zara, Giacomo; Legras, J. L.; DEL CARO, Alessandra; Mascia, I; Fadda, Costantino; Budroni, Marilena. - In: JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 1367-5435. - 42:1(2015), pp. 8.85-8.92. [10.1007/s10295-014-1525-1]
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