top fermentation

NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH T

top fermentation is a valid 16-letter word worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1O1P3F4E1R1M3E1N1T1A1T1I1O1N1
1 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =22 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 44TRIPLE WORD → 66
MEANING

What does top fermentation mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of ale.

“top fermentation uses a yeast that ferments at higher temperatures than that used for bottom fermentation”