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Malt

A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse

Pocket
Engelsk
Brewing Elements
Malt
Malt
  • Forfatter: John Mallett
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 300
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Brewing Elements
  • EAN: 9781938469121
  • Utgivelsesår: 2014
  • Bidragsyter: Mallett, John
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Often playing second fiddle to hops in the minds of craft beer drinkers, malt is the backbone of beer: ¿No barley, no beer.¿ Malt defines the color, flavor, body, and alcohol of beer and has been cultivated for nearly as long as agriculture has existed. In this book, author John Mallett explains why he feels a book on malt is necessary, taking the reader on a brief history of malting from the earliest records of bappir through to the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. When Mallett touches on the major changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution and beyond, he illustrates how developments in malting technology were intertwined with politics and taxation, which increasingly came to bear on the world of maltsters and brewers.

Of course, no book on malt would be complete without a look at the processes behind malting and how different malts are made. Mallett neatly conveys the basics of malt chemistry, Maillard reactions, and diastatic power¿the enzymes, starches, sug