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| Fahrenheit | Thermometer scale having 180 divisions between Scale freezing (32°F.) and boiling (212°F.) of water. |
| False | The slotted or perforated, liftable plates in the Bottom straining tank, forming a support for the grains, a few inches above real bottom of strainer. |
| Fermentation | A process of growing micro-organisms for the production of various chemical or pharmaceutical compounds. Microbes are normally incubated under specific conditions in the presence of nutrients in large tanks called fermentors |
| Filter Mass | Prepared cotton used for beer filtration, at times containing synthetics. |
| Finings | Materials to clarify beer, for instance, isinglass. |
| Flue | An enclosed passage for a current of air, gases, etc., as in a chimney. |
| Forcing | Undue speeding up of process, especially the germinating process. |
| Forcing Test | Method of estimating the shelf stability of packaged beer by measuring the increase in chill haze caused by 5-7 day storage at elevated (40-60°C.) temperatures. Results should be used with caution; estimates should be checked against shelf-stability in the field. |
| Fore Masher | Device to moisten the crushed malt before entering the mash tank; also called "Pony" masher. |
| Friability | Ease of pulverizing, mellowness. |
| Fungus | Any of a group of plants comprising the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, etc. |
| Fungus | (Plural: Fungi) A Eukaryote possessing a cell wall. Fungi cannot conduct photosynthesis and they feed on organic matter. Fungi include mushrooms and moulds. |
| Fusel Oil | A mixture of amyl alcohol, isoamyl alcohol and some lower alcohol and their esters. |
| Fusion Joining of the membrane of two cells, thus creating a daughter cell that contains the nuclear material from parent cells. Used in making hybridomas. (See Protoplast) | |
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