The old tales of Vikings are incomplete without their cornerstone mythology of Valhalla, the hall of fallen warriors who live under the all-father Odin. Once, sustenance-based fishermen and farmers, the warriors feast on a boar that is reborn each evening...
The role of yeast in the formation of aroma and flavour compounds in brewery products. Introduction: Effects of Fermentation Parameters The manipulation of amino acids from malt by yeast provides the pathways for the conversion of wort sugars that cause...
Case Study: When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Consumer-Friendly Lemonade Recall expenses can range from the immediate costs of removing a product from the market and reimbursing consumers to the long-term expenditures of decontaminating the manufacturing plant and equipment. Some...
The mash is the first enzymatic step completed during the brew day. Where we re-activate the germination enzymes that the barleycorn uses for a new seedling by taking the kilned malt and steeping with warm water. Proper malting helps pause...
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations Canadian manufacturers of alcoholic beverages containing 0.5% or more must have a traceability system in place by July 15, 2020. Producers of beer, wine, spirits, kombucha, cider, mead, or ready-to-drink cocktails should care about these new...
Diacetyl: Sources In the family of vicinal diketones (VDKs), there are two that are of the most importance to brewers: diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) and pentanedione (2,3-pentanedione). The flavour threshold for pentanedione is ten times higher than that of diacetyl which makes...
Introduction: One of the largest questions I ask myself with the slow but steady acknowledgement of the harms of plastics is how to make replacement options. Plant-based polymers are gaining in popularity, however, there is a finite amount of arable...
It is fairly common for people to use pipe, tube, and sanitary tube interchangeably. They are similar terms but have different meanings. What is "pipe"? Pipe is the workhorse of any set up that doesn't require sanitary standards. It is...
Sterilization When brewing, the equipment is typically cleaned and sanitized. When preparing a fresh sample for yeast growth, a sterile environment is needed to ensure that unwanted micro-organisms do not propagate alongside. Sterile materials can be achieved with a wet...
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