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'''Barm''' (a word common to [[Teutonic]] languages), the [[scum]] formed on the top of [[malt liquor]] when [[fermentation|fermenting]]; [[yeast]] used to leaven [[bread]], or to set up fermentation in [[liquor]]. |
'''Barm''' (a word common to [[Teutonic]] languages), the [[scum]] formed on the top of [[malt liquor]] when [[fermentation|fermenting]]; [[yeast]] used to leaven [[bread]], or to set up fermentation in [[liquor]]. |
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"Barm" is also a word in Manchester which people say when entering a chip shop |
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ie - "one chip barm please" |
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it is also fondly spoke of on the Manchester United fans website www.redissue.co.uk |
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Barm (a word common to Teutonic languages), the scum formed on the top of malt liquor when fermenting; yeast used to leaven bread, or to set up fermentation in liquor.
"Barm" is also a word in Manchester which people say when entering a chip shop
ie - "one chip barm please"
it is also fondly spoke of on the Manchester United fans website www.redissue.co.uk
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) | This beerorbrewery-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
