Initial growth of the embryo from a seed or spore in which the radicle and shoot or hypha protrude from the seed or spore In the case of parasite seeds already the development of a germ tube is called germination
The sprouting of a seed An improbable outcome dependent upon variables of temperature, moisture, light, soil, seedbed, and season
The stage in the beer-making process in which the steeped barley grains are drained and allowed to sprout for seven to nine days Goldings Hops: Noble English hops grown in East Kent, England, used to make Samuel Adams ales Named after the farmer who originally identified the hop type German Beer Purity Law/Reinheitsgebot: A law dating back to 1516, requiring beer to be totally pure with only water, yeast, malt, and hops allowed as ingredients Gueuze: A Belgian beer style that blends a fresh lambic with an old lambic, creating a second fermentation
Sprouting of a seed, spore, or other reproductive body, usually after a period of dormancy. Absorption of water, passage of time, chilling, warming, oxygen availability, and light exposure may all operate in initiating the germination process. The carefully controlled mass germination of cereal seeds supplies enzymes for the making of alcoholic beverages and for other industries; spores of the commercially cultivated mushroom Agaricus brunescens are also mass germinated