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MALTING AND BREWING WITH BARLEYS HAVING BLUE ALEURONES
Author(s) -
Baxter E. D.,
O'Farrell D. D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the institute of brewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.523
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2050-0416
pISSN - 0046-9750
DOI - 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1987.tb04508.x
Subject(s) - brewing , flavour , chemistry , food science , anthocyanin , anthocyanidins , polyphenol , aleurone , mashing , hordein , botany , biochemistry , biology , enzyme , fermentation , antioxidant , storage protein , gene
Blue aleurones in barley are associated with elevated levels of polyphenolic materials such as anthocyanins and anthocyanidins. A rapid method has been developed for assessing the anthocyanin content of barleys, malts and worts. Malts were prepared from a range of barleys, some of which had intensely blue aleurones, while others were only slightly blue or showed no visible pigmentation. The malting quality of barley was not affected by aleurone colour and ales and lagers of sound flavour as well as acceptable analytical parameters were brewed from malts having pronounced blue aleurones. In some cases sweet worts prepared from blue aleurone malts had a slight pinkish tinge, but this disappeared during wort boiling, and beer colours were normal. Levels of anthocyanins in barley correlated with those in malt and in wort. However, the concentration of anthocyanins was unrelated to the amount of anthocyanogens or total polyphenols. High anthocyanin levels in either barley or beer had no deleterious effects on beer flavour or the rate of haze development.