re-fermentv.
/ˌriːfəˈmɛnt/, /ˌriːfəːˈmɛnt/, U.S. /ˌrifərˈmɛnt/ transitive and intransitive. To ferment again.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (intransitive)] > ferment > secondary fermentation
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (transitive)] > ferment > secondary fermentation
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1707 J. Drake Anthropol. Nova I. i. xiii. 139 When some Wines..want to be Re-fermented, the Skilful Wine-Coopers use Whites of Eggs whip'd up with a Whisk.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 292 Th' admitted Nitre agitates the Flood, Revives its Fire, and referments the Blood.
1797 J. Cochrane Seaman’s Guide 35 Boiling down a number of casks of beer into one; to be afterwards diluted with water, and refermented.
1809 Abstr. Public Laws Brit. Legislature in Monthly Mag. June 495 All spout~wash which shall be fermented, or re-fermented, for the purpose of being distilled into spirits.
1876 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 24 186 It still had a large quantity of saccharine matter in it, quite enough to re-ferment, and produce the carbonic acid without injury.
1903 G. E. Allan & J. H. Millar tr. A. Klöcker Fermentation Organisms ii. iii. 165 If it is desired to re-ferment wines not thoroughly fermented, or sugared wines, the addition of pure yeast should be still greater.
1942 H. W. von Loesecke Outl. Food Technol. xii. 410 When prepared from pomace which has been sweetened with sugar sirup and re-fermented it is quite often called ‘grappa’.
1993 Wine May (Champagne Suppl.) 12/2 The tendency of Champagne to referment was his greatest problem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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