The word for you today is "zymurgy", n the branch of chemistry that deals with wine-making, brewing, distilling, and similar processes involving fermentation.
"Zyme" n a ferment; a disease germ.
-- "zymic" adj relating to fermentation.
-- n "zymogen" a non-catalytic substance formed by plants and animals as a stage in the development of an enzyme.
-- adj "zymogenic".
-- adj "zymoid" like a ferment.
-- adj "zymologic" or "zymological" relating to zymology.
-- n "zymologist" specialist in zymology.
-- n "zymology" the science of fermentation.
-- n "zymolysis" the action of ensymes.
-- adj "zymolytic". -- n "zymometer" or "zymosimeter" an instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation.
-- n "zymosis" fermentation; the course, process or condition, thought to be analogous to fermentation, constituting a zymotic disease.
-- adj "zymotechnics" the art of managing fermentation.
-- adj "zymotic" relating to fermentation, of the nature of, relating to or causing an infectious disease. -- adv zymotically.
"zymone" n an old name for the part of gluten insoluable in alcohol. [zymoma a fermented mixture]
"zymase", n any of a group of enzymes inducing the alcoholic fermentation of carbohydrates.