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Lect 9 : Beer Fermentation Flashcards

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What is the purpose of beer fermentation ? [2]

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  1. shelf life extension
  2. Conversion of raw material (grains) into more functional form(?)
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What is the major crop used in beer fermentation?

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Barley, a major crop that is a mahor crop for human and animal consumption

  • it is a source of malt (cereal grains that have been soaked and dried)
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What is the composition of barley? [7]

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  1. starch
  2. sugars – glucose, maltose, dextrins (oligosacc)
  3. Partially hydroysed protein/peptide/AA
  4. Lipid
  5. β-glucan
  6. soluble hemicellulose
  7. Insoluble cellulose
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What are adjuncts and what is their purposes? [2]

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They are unmalted (ungerminated) grains apart from barley, cheaper forms of carbohydrates

  1. enhance physical stability of beer –> lowering protein : carb ratio (less protein = less precipitation)
  2. provides distinct flavour to beer (flavour differs for different types of adjuncts)
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What is hop?

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It is a kind of herb (flower from plant)

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What is the purpose of adding hops into beer? [4]

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  1. Preservation – have α/β acids to inhibit growth of gram positive bacteria
  2. Aroma – herb/floral/citrusy/fruity
  3. Taste – contributes to bitterness
  4. Precipitation of proteins due to tannins
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What are the 4 distinct stages of making beer ?

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  1. Malting (germination)
  2. Wort preparation (liquid extracted from the mashing process during the brewing of beer or whisky.)
  3. Fermentation
  4. Post-fermentation
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[STAGE 1 : MALTING]

What are the 2 stages involved in malting?

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  1. Steeping and germination
  2. Drying and kilning
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[STAGE 1 : MALTING]

How to germinate barley grains?

What is the purpose of steeping and germination?

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Germinate by mixing grains with water and changing water every few days to minimise impact of spoilage MO

Purpose: Maximise enzyme synthesis (protease/amylase/peptidase)

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[STAGE 1 : MALTING]
What are the 3 purposes of kilning?

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  1. Stop further germination
  2. Preserve/stabilize enzymes by slow drying with dry heat
  3. Maillard reaction –> flavour and colour generation
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[STAGE 1 : MALTING]

In kilning, how does duration of heating affect the type of beer you get?

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Short-time : beer has highest moisture content, more sugars and least brown in colour

Longest time : less amylase, less sugar, less ethanol and more brown (dark beer)

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION]

What are the 5 stages in wort preparation?

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  1. Milling
  2. Mashing
  3. Lautering
  4. Kettle boil
  5. Whirlpool
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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION]

What is milling the purpose of milling?

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To break malt kernel and expose interior to aqueous medium
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Purpose : To produce fine particle sizes for easy extraction of enzyme and components

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – MASHING]

What is a problem with excessive milling of malt?

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Although it can increase extraction efficiency of nutrients and enzymes, the fine particles may clog filters and affect filtration

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION]
What is mashing?

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It is the process of extracting enzymes and converting starch/protein from grist (milled malt) and adjuncts into fermentable sugars/amino acids to produce wort

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION]
What conditions are needed in mashing to prepare a wort with desired sugar/amino acid composition?

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Heating the wort at certain temperatures while adjusting the amount of time

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – MASHING]

In mashing, the grist is heated stepwise, and at different temperatures. Why?

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Different enzymes have different optimal temperatures (e.g. amylase, protease)

Heat stepwise to match optimal temperatures of different enzymes so that enzyme can break down substrate

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – MASHING]

The biochemical reactions happening during mashing can be generalised as “rest”. What kinds of “rest” is happening?

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“Rest” : allow time for reaction to occur (hydrolysis for protein and starch)

  1. Acid rest
  2. Protein rest
  3. Saccharification rest (sugars)
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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – MASHING]
How is acid rest carried out and what is its purpose?

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brewing with yeast (traditional method) / direct acidification
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Purpose : to inhibit growth of spoilage MO and ensuring clean fermentation process.

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – MASHING]

What happens during protein rest? What are its purposes? [2]

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Higher molecular weight (MW) proteins are digested into lower MW proteins/peptides and amino acids
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Purposes :
1. Improve foam stability
2. Decrease haze/ precipitation due to high molecular weight proteins

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – MASHING]

What is the purpose of saccharification rest?

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Hydrolyse starch into more digestible forms for yeast consumption during fermentation

Starch –> dextrins/maltose/glucose

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – LAUTERING]

What is the purpose of lautering?

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To separate liquid wort from insoluble material

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – LAUTERING]

Lautering first step : mashing out

What is mashing out and its 2 purposes?

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Increasing temperature to 77°C

  1. To stop enzymatic reaction
  2. Make mash more fluid to facilitate reaction
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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION – LAUTERING]

Lautering step 2 : recirculation

What is recirculation and its purpose?

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Drawing off wort from bottom of mash tun (vessel) and putting it to the top

Purpose : Maximize extraction of sugars

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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION -- LAUTERING] Lautering step 3 : sparging What is sparging and its purposes
To rinse spent grain bed with water Purpose: 1. to extract more sugars 2. Dilute liquor
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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION -- BOILING] What is added to the wort when boiling?
Hop
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[STAGE 2 : WORT (liquid) PREPARATION -- BOILING] What are the purposes of wort boiling [7]?
1. Sterilisation : iso-α acid inhibits growth of gram positive bacteria 2. Inactivate enzymes 3. Flavour extraction (isomerisation of less bitter α acid to more bitter iso α acid) 4. Colour development (Maillard) 5. Loss of volatiles 6. Oxidation 7. Increase concentration of wort by removing water
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION] What are 3 stages involved in beer fermentation?
1. Cooling 2. Fermentation 3. Conditioning and maturation
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION] What temperature is lager beer and ale beer cooled to?
Lager : 10-15°C Ale :16-20°C
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION] What changes happen during cooling of beer?
1. Formation and separation of "cold break" (sediments) 2. Aeration (inject oxygen) to support yeast growth
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION] What specific species ferments ale and lager beer?
Ale beer : fermented by "top" fermenting yeast : Saccharomyces Cerevisae Lager beer : by "bottom yeasts" : Saccharomyces Pastorianus
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION] Why cant be fermentation temperatures be too high/low?
Too low : extended lag phase, causing inactivity and yeast may be dormant due to cold shock Too high : ferment too fast --> temperature of beer rises further from fermentation --> causing fermentation to be stuck
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION] What are the minor but important products of yeast ferm, other than ethanol?
1. Higher alcohols (alcohols with >2C) 2. Acids -- acetic acid 3. Esters 4. Ketones, aldehydes ᴖ̈ acetaldehyde -- green apple flavour ᴖ̈ diacetyl -- butterscotch aroma (undesirable in ale/lager beer)
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION -- conditioning and maturation] Under what reaction is lager beer conditioned/matured? What temperature is it at?
Diacetyl rest, where temperature is raised from 10-15°C to 16-20°C
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[STAGE 3 : FERMENTATION -- conditioning and maturation] What is the purpose of diacetyl rest?
- Yeast reuptake diacetyl in the media to break down into acetoin and 2,3-butanediol - as diacetyl introduces off flavours in lager beer, and 2,3-butanediol has a higher detection threshold (need more to detect)
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[STAGE 4 : POST-FERMENTATION] What is the 2 stages of post-fermentation?
1. Clarification and filtration 2. Packaging and pasteurisation
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[STAGE 4 : POST-FERMENTATION] What is the purpose and filtration? What else is done to the beer and what 2 purposes does it serve?
Filtration to remove yeast and solid residues (tannin-protein agglomerates) - Tannin from hops Carbonation is also done. 1. Shelf life extension (preventing growth of other aerobic spoilage microbes) 2. Enhance foaming property of beer (CO2 creates bubbles)
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[STAGE 4 : POST-FERMENTATION] What is the purpose of pasteurization? In which 2 ways can pasteurization be conducted?
Pasteurisation is to provide sterilation Ways to pasteurise : 1. Before filling --> flash pasteurisation (71-74°C for 30s) 1. After filling in bottle --> tunnel pasteurisation
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What are the spoilage organisms in beer? [3]
1. Wild yeast 2. LAB (esp gram positive LAB which can resist iso-α-acids in hops) 3. Acetic acid bacteria
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NOVELTY BEER : SOUR BEER (LAMBIC BEER) Which microbe is responsible for fermenting sour beer? Which 2 specific species could be used?
LAB (can be homo/hetero) 1. Lactobacillus 2. Pediococcus
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What are the 2 major problems with lambic beer?
1. Controlling of acetic acid, due to the oxidation of ethanol by acetobacter 2. Brettanomyces yeast: produces Brett flavour which is undesirable - Ethyl phenol : smokey/medicinal taste 2. Acetic acid 3. Ethyl lactate

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