Yeast starter

Related terms

Terms that belong to the same part of the subject, or that this one is routinely confused with.

• Fermentation

  Inoculation

  Adding a selected yeast culture to the juice to conduct the fermentation, usually after rehydrating dried yeast or building a starter.

• Fermentation

  Pied de cuve

  A starter made from the must itself: a small parcel of juice allowed to begin fermenting spontaneously, then added to the main tank to give the native population a head start.

• Microbiology

  Yeast

  A single-celled fungus that ferments sugar to ethanol and carbon dioxide. Cider is fermented by a succession of yeast species, of which *Saccharomyces cerevisiae* usually finishes the job.

• Fermentation

  Stuck fermentation

  A fermentation that has halted before the sugar is used up and will not restart on its own. It is distinct from a deliberately arrested ferment and from a merely sluggish one.

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Sources

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• The New Cider Maker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Craft Producers

  Claude Jolicoeur, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013. ISBN 9781603584739 · reference work · bibliographic record verified, not opened 2026-08-25

  Bibliographic record verified on 2026-08-25 against the Open Library union catalogue: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013, ISBN 9781603584739, one edition recorded. That establishes the citation points at a real book in a stated edition, which is what a citation needs and is all it establishes. No copy was opened and nothing is quoted from it. The book itself is in print and not digitised in any open collection; where CiderHQ needs a figure from this territory it uses an accessible research source instead and says so.

• Cornell Cider Research and Extension programme

  Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science · university · passage verified 2026-08-24

  Runs cultivar trials in New York State and publishes juice chemistry for European cider varieties grown in a North American climate — the single most useful counterweight to treating English figures as universal.