The Sweet Taste of Malt and Revealing its Pathogen’s secret
A Flame-Side chat about how international travel, collaboration and interaction led to new insights in pathogen biology inside (malted) grains
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The Fight Against Beer Spoilage
Fortification of malting grains with beneficial microbes may keep spoilage bacteria at bay. This article will discuss a new way to control the levels of microbial contaminants in malted grain and increase its overall quality. Malts briefly explained As you will know, malting is the process by which we stimulate barley, wheat or oat grains …
Genetics of malting quality: The end of the road for crop improvement?
‘Au contraire’ my friends! In this instalment of the Beerologist, we will look into some of the latest research on Malts or Barley to be more precise. In the last episode of my newsletter, I stated how breeders need to breed malting barley varieties that have to fulfil strict criteria. To breed crop cultivars, geneticists …
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