zymurgy

noun2

1. •
   The practice of using fermentation to produce alcoholic beverages.

   • Of Zymurgy I little know, / Perhaps because I little knead, / And can but make a sorry show / In singing liaisons of feed, / Flour, fodder,— […] — 1896
2. •
   Synonym of zymology (“the chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beermaking and winemaking”).

   • The natural languages, however, cover every subject from aardvarks to zymurgies. — 1947