Corpus role
Nicole Austin is the author of the “Yeast” entry in the uploaded T–Z extract of The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails.
Authority and use
The entry provides useful tertiary corroboration for yeast strain, nutrients, temperature, pH, oxygen, inoculum state, microbial competition, sanitation, and season as interacting fermentation controls. Its categorical statement that distillation cannot create new compounds is excluded as overbroad.
Verification
Identity, entry heading, and authorship were verified at LOCAL-077, PDF sheets 181–185.