Fascinating Words for Things That You Didn’t Know Had a Name

Barm

MATTHEW DE LANGE / ISTOCK

Barm is a synonym for the foam that forms on top of beer or the froth that forms on top of fermenting malt liquor. Because the yeast transforms the sugars in the malt into carbon dioxide, which in turn causes bubbles in the liquid to interact with the sugar in the beer, barm is produced as a byproduct of this process. However, it is also possible for it to form in wine or feedstock.

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