Brewing Materials and Processes

Brewing Materials and Processes: A Practical Approach to Beer Excellence's novel methodology begins and ends with what goes into the beer, and the result. From adjuncts to yeast, from foam to chemometrics, this unique approach takes quality to its foundation and reveals how the right combination builds to a great beer. Based on years of both academic and industrial research and application, the book includes contributions from around the world with a shared focus on quality assurance and control. Each chapter will address in detail the measurement tools and approaches that are available, the nature and significance of the specifications that are applied. In its entirety the book will represent a comprehensive description of how to address quality performance in brewing operations. Overall quality starts with the quality of the ingredient and beer is certainly no exception. Understanding how the grain, hops, water, gases, worts, and other contributing elements establish the framework for quality is the core of ultimate quality achievement. For those in corporate R&D, researchers and students and for highly-skilled small-scale brewers, this book is an ideal companion to Beer: A Quality Perspective, as well as those seeking to understand how the parts impact the whole in beer production. Focuses on the practical approach to delivering beer quality, starting with the raw ingredientsPresents an analytical perspective for each element giving the reader insight into its role and impact on overall qualityIt will be as much a hands-on reference work for daily use as it is an essential volume in the brewing education literature that addresses area lightly covered elsewhere.