Is there really yeast poop in beer?!


Question: Is there really yeast poop in beer!?
my daughter told me last night that yeast excretion or poop is the main ingrediant for beer!. I happen to love beer!.!.!.!.!.!.!.she is just trying to gross me out no!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
The main ingredient of beer is water, well over 90% of it!.

Yeast only "poop" in the sense that they convert sugar in to CO2 and ethyl alcohol so that is how they drop the kids off at the pool so to speak!.

I also nearly pissed myself laughing at the person that said yeast aren't living!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, she's not exactly wrong!. "yeast poop" is actually alcohol, a byproduct yeast create!. During fermentation of beer/wine the yeast consume sugars and oxygen and "convert" it to alcohol and CO2, giving you a wonderfully complex beverage and the carbonation for it!Www@FoodAQ@Com

As a biological function of yeast metabolism of sugar it produces ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide!. These are excreted with much the same purpose we urinate and defecate!. So yes yeast poop is in beer-wine-whiskey, etc!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think yeast poop is alcohol!.
Yeast converts sugar into alcohol and CO2!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I suppose you can call alcohol and CO2 poop!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yeah theres yeast poop in beer live with it or stop drinking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

there is yeast EVERYWHERE, you are breathing it in right nowWww@FoodAQ@Com

hahaha good one! sorry yeast cant poopWww@FoodAQ@Com

nope, no poops in beer!Www@FoodAQ@Com

poop yesWww@FoodAQ@Com

yeast poop!?

Yeast is not a living, breathing thing!. Therefore, it cannot poop!.

Beer is produced by brewing and the fermentation of starches derived from cereals!. The most common cereal for beer brewing is malted barley, although wheat, corn, and rice are also widely used, usually in conjunction with barley!. Most beer is flavoured with hops, which adds a slightly bitter taste and acts as a natural preservative!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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