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title: "Brewing yeast"
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# Yeast

Yeast ferments the wort and creates much of a beer’s fruit, spice, dryness and fermentation character.

- [Ale yeast](https://craftbeer.co.za/ingredients/yeast/ale-yeast/) — 244 related beers
- [Belgian yeast](https://craftbeer.co.za/ingredients/yeast/belgian-yeast/) — 27 related beers
- [Brewing yeast](https://craftbeer.co.za/ingredients/yeast/brewing-yeast/) — 31 related beers
- [Lager yeast](https://craftbeer.co.za/ingredients/yeast/lager-yeast/) — 84 related beers
- [Wild yeast](https://craftbeer.co.za/ingredients/yeast/wild-yeast/) — 11 related beers