A genus of wild (non standard brewing) yeast which produce acetic various distinctive flavours including butyric acid, caproic acid and capric esters. Acetic acid can be produced in the presence of oxygen.Brettanomyces yeasts are common in the production of sour Belgian beers and may have been typical in traditional UK beers before brewers began to purify and manage their yeast strains.

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