Abstract
Beer is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in Brazil, being the third-largest beer producing country in the world (15.4 billion liters), after the United States (22.1 billion liters) and China (46 billion liters). The brewer's yeasts are divided in Ale and Lager, where the Ale are from Saccharomyces cerevisiae specie and the Lager are from Saccharomyces pastorianus specie. The yeasts ar…