Barm

/bˈɑːm/

/bˈɑːɹm/

Barm

a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

synonyms : yeast

Examples

1. It calls for warm barm.

2. Then pour in your dregs, or barm, or yeast then cover the top, not airtight, and leave it be out of direct sunlight.

3. Next, to add to the fermentation, we'll be using a new good barm, a.k.a. ale yeast.

4. I will make loaves with both ale barm, and old dough or sourdough in the future and they will be delicious.