This method describes how to determine the extract content of malt used to produce laboratory wort.
Malt intended for use in beer brewing or elsewhere in the food industry
The extract content of malt refers to the compounds from finely ground malt (fine grind), which are brought into solution during a standardized mashing process.
The extract content is determined by the weight ratio sL 20/20 of the wort on the basis of the official sugar tables (Plato tables) at 20 °C. sL 20/20 stands for the weight ratio of a volume of wort at 20 °C to the same volume of water at the same temperature.
This method describes how to determine the fermentable carbohydrates in wort or in the Congress wort using high performance liquid chromatography.
Applicable for all (laboratory) worts
Fructose, glucose as well as disaccharides and trisaccharides (maltose and maltotriose) are determined using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Wort or beer is deionized using an ion exchanger. The sample is filtered and concentrated using a solid-phase column and analyzed chromatographically. The concentration of the sugars present in the sample is calculated from the chromatograms obtained by analysis of the calibration solutions.
This method describes how to determine the fermentable sugars in the (Congress) wort using high performance liquid chromatography.
Applicable for all (laboratory) worts
The separation is based upon a combination of reversed phase, normal phase, ion exclusion and ion exchange chromatography. The detection is carried out using an RI detector.
Large-format beverage cans (also known as mini kegs or party kegs) which are used in the brewing and food production industries
The inner lining of the mini keg and the lid should not influence the aroma or flavor of the product in any way. For this reason, the inner lining must conform to the regulations governing foods in the European Union and to those of the respective member states pursuant to their valid constitutions. Furthermore, the provisions drawn up by the BGVV Commission on Plastics in Germany (Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin) must also be taken into consideration.
The safest approach is to perform a comparative taste test with water or beer from the same batch that has been treated in an identical manner in a mini keg (sample) and in a bottle (reference).
Mineral, spring and table waters as well as drinking waters that are to be marketed.
Qualitative detection of faecal streptococci in mineral water, spring water, table water and other drinking water bottled for distribution to the consumer by means of enrichment culture in double-concentrated azide-glucose broth [1].
Mineral, spring and table waters as well as drinking waters that are to be marketed.
Membrane filtration (MF) and immersion of the filter in single-strength azide-dextrose broth (corresponds to the methods in Annex 2, point 2b of Section 4 (3) of the German Mineral and Table Water Ordinance [1] and ASU Section 64 LFGB L59.00-2) [2].