Hops and hop products intended for use in beer brewing or elsewhere in the food industry
A reliable sampling method for whole hops and hop products is a prerequisite for obtaining suitable material for analysis. The effort involved in collecting the sample depends upon how uniform the hop product is.
Determination of xanthohumol and isoxanthohumol
All beers, beer-based beverages, wort, ethanol extracts, CO2 spent hops and xanthohumol products
Xanthohumol and isoxanthohumol are dissolved with acetonitrile from the sample and following separation, are determined using a Nucleodur C18 column and UV detection.
The method is suitable for beers of all original gravities and of any alcohol content.
The gas chromatography headspace method is used to determine the higher alcohols and esters present in beer, i.e., the volatile compounds are transferred from the headspace in the sample vial into the GC system for analysis. The following substances are measured in this analysis:
Acetaldehyde
Propanol-1
Ethyl acetate
2-Methylpropanol
3-Methylbutanol
2-Methylbutanol
2-Methylpropylacetate
Butyric acid ethyl ester
3-Methylbutyl acetate
2-Methylbutyl acetate
Hexanoic acid ethyl ester
Determination/calculation of the apparent extract content from the SGA20/20 or the density of a liquid
wort, beer, beer-based beverage, NAB, beverage
Determine the SGA20/20 obtained from pycnometry or the density measured with a precision hydrometer or another device for measuring the density. Using the value from the SGA20/20 measurement or the density from the sugar, alcohol, original gravity and correction table according to GOLDINER/KLEMANN, BLOCK, KÄMPF or a polynomial, determine the apparent extract content of the sample.
Detection of harmful yeasts and bacteria using liquid enrichment.
All non-filterable concentrates, bases and syrups.
A defined portion of the sample is mixed with culture medium (SSL broth), incubated and analysed.
The method describes alternative culture media to OFS agar and SSL broth.
All beer-based beverages, lemonades, base products and sugar.
In addition to OFS agar and SSL broth, other culture media can be used as an alternative.