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AssigneeDuvel Moortgat NV
InventorsJan STEENSELS, Kevin VERSTREPEN, Ruben WAUTERS, Scott BRITTON, Michel MOORTGAT, Hedwig NEVEN
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The present invention relates to a yeast strain used in the production of a fermented beverage, wherein the yeast strain is a hybrid obtained by a mass-mating hybridisation process between haploid spores selected from Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain Y927, strain Y115, strain WI011, strain WI017 and strain WI018, or wherein the yeast strain is an inbred strain of said hybrid. The present invention further relates to a yeast slurry, a method for brewing a fermented beverage, and a malt or tea-based beverage obtained on the basis of a fermentation process.
A yeast strain used in the production of a fermented beverage, wherein the yeast strain is a hybrid obtained by a mass-mating hybridisation process between haploid spores selected from Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain Y927, strain Y115, strain WI011, strain WI017 and strain WI018, or wherein the yeast strain is an inbred strain of said hybrid.
Yeast strain according to any of the preceding claims , characterised in that the yeast strain is capable of converting aldehydes into their corresponding alcohol.
Yeast strain according to any of the preceding claims , characterised in that the yeast strain has a lifespan of at least 100 days in an alcohol-rich environment such as beer.
Yeast strain according to any of the preceding claims , wherein:
Yeast slurry comprising at least 106 cells/ml of a yeast strain according to any of the preceding claims .
The method for brewing a fermented beverage, wherein a yeast strain or yeast slurry according to any one of the preceding claims is added to a beverage.
A malt or tea-based beverage according to any of the preceding claims , wherein the beverage is Kombucha.
A malt or tea-based beverage according to any of the preceding claims , wherein the beverage is a beer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.