Yeast make alcohol for fruit fly - not for you

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Yeast make alcohol for fruit fly - not for you

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The article says that yeast and drosophila are symbionts. The yeast makes all the eatery smells to attract the flies which then disperse it around the vineyard.
I had wondered why the yeasts put out so many different esters but now it's pretty obvious. The way we try to limit it is to minimize the amount of ammonium / amino acids (DAP, YAN etc) in the wort but as mutant yeasts don't emit esters, then surely it is only a matter of time before large distillers use GM yeast which give a purer alcohol and turbo manufacturers as well.
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