Category: Beverage Ingredients
A wide range of information pertaining to ingredients used in the brewing process.
- Hops 147
- Malt 32
- Other Ingredients 27
Expert Topic New Process Converts Spent Grain into High-Value Carbon
As reported in Anthropocene magazine, a study in the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology has shown that brewer’s grain can be converted into two forms of carbon using readily available and inexpensive chemicals combined with heat. Both carbon compound have many high-value applications.
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Beverage Ingredients featured expert topic supported by California Craft Brewers Association
The 2024 California Craft Beer Summit is the most important event of the year for California Brewers or anyone interested in building their business in the craft beer industry. The 2024 Summit will be held in Sacramento on March 12-14, 2024.
News What Beverage Companies Can Learn from Canada’s Cannabis Journey
An Interview with Sharan Sidhu, CSO & Regulatory Affairs at Pacific Rim Innovations, Pacific Rim Innovations
The global legal marijuana market is expected to reach USD 66.3 billion by the end of 2025. Countries and companies strategize an approach to this opportunity, many look to Canada as a case study on cannabis.
Via Bevsource.com
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Expert Topic Flying Dog to Make THC Non-Alc Beer
Flying Dog Brewery is going ‘green.’ Green Leaf that is. The Frederick Maryland brewery is partnering with Green Leaf Medical Cannabis to produce a THC-infused non-alcoholic beer called Hop Chronic IPA. This is the second brewery to pursue a non-alcohol cannabis beverage after Heineken’s Lagunitas Brewing in California announced their cannabis-infused non-alcoholic IPA called Hi-Five Hops back in June of last year.
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News Budweiser teams up with Tilray to explore pot drinks
The maker of Budweiser is partnering with medical cannabis company Tilray in a $100 million deal to research cannabis-infused drinks for the Canadian market. The alliance announced Wednesday is the latest foray by a major beer company into the cannabis business in Canada, which legalized recreational marijuana in October.
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Expert Topic Citra for all my friends
The lowdown: The USDA reports that hop acreage in the Northwest is strung for a record 55,339 acres, 4% more than in 2017. The top variety is Citra, which surpassed Cascade for the first time. Cascade is second, followed by Centennial, Zeus and Simcoe.
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Expert Topic New barley name to know: Puffin
The lowdown: The American Malting Barley Association board of directors has added Puffin to the recommended list of malting barley varieties. A two-row variety, it was released in 1987 by The Miln Marsters Group in the UK, but has drawn the interest of American farmers.
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Water Terminology
Anions – ions (atoms or molecules with an electrical charge) with a negative (-) electrical charge, so named because they go toward the anode in an electric field. The main anions in water are hydroxide (OH -), carbonate (CO3-2), bicarbonate (HCO3-) (which together comprise “alkalinity”), sulfate (SO4-2), nitrate (NO3-) and chloride (Cl-).
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Chloramines vs Chlorine
Most municipal water District’s will add chlorine or chloramines as a disinfectant to their water supply. This is a common practice to deliver safe water to the public but can create many issues for Brewers and Distillers affecting their finished product. The differences between Chloramines and Chlorine in your brewing water
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Reverse Osmosis & Nanofiltration
Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration are water membrane filtration processes designed to lower your parts per million (PPM) or total dissolved solids (TDS) in your brewing water. Both of these processes will deliver consistent water quality and both work the same way. The filtration function is achieved by forcing water through a semi permeable membrane. The water passes through the outer wall and into the center of the membrane where small pores allow most of the water molecules to pass. However, some of the ions in the water cannot pass through these pores. As a result of this process you have water with very low TDS levels when using RO membranes and higher TDS levels when using Nano membranes. RO or Nano – What’s the Difference?
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Expert Topic The Importance of and How to Read your Water Report
The make-up of water will vary, over time, with any municipal water system. To ensure good consistent brewing water that will produce a better product and a consistent product, knowing what is in your water is essential. Today, knowing that you can control the water make-up, right before brewing, allows you to control the taste and look of your brews.
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