Wheat malt in the brew application way

Brewed beer in wheat malt as the main raw materials, general requirements dosage of wheat malt account for at least 50% of the total raw material, this kind of beer is called wheat beers or white, white beer such as Berlin, Germany. At present, the domestic revision of the 'beer' specified in the draft standard: more than 40% of wheat malt dosage in brewing beer, can be called the wheat beer. With wheat malt as the auxiliary material brewed beer, this kind of beer wheat malt usage is generally 10% Between 40% and 20% typical have adopted abroad wheat malt made from the fermentation of beer, old beer (namely the Rhine Altbier） And within the scope of the Kerr beer (cologne Kolsch) 。 As a kind of modifier, which is mainly composed of barley malt in beer brewing, adding to improve beer full-bodied and resistance. Use of wheat malt brewed beer category and product features with wheat malt brewed beer type is complicated, but personality is distinct, such as Berlin white beer, its barley malt and wheat malt ratio of 0. 7:1, use the yeast and part of lactic acid bacteria fermentation, slightly sour taste, color white, senior ester, alcohol and particular high content of phenols combination of typical aroma. Old beer and Kerr beer adopt Vienna malt, wheat malt fermentation by the yeast, hops adding quantity is big, bitter taste value in 20 - generally 40, between the original wort concentration of 11. 2% - Old beer because also adopted, for example, 12% of Munich malt, wine chromaticity for 25 38 ebc, Kerr beer colority is only 7. 54 - 15EBC。 From the basic classification can be divided into three categories, namely, containing yeast wheat beer, contains no yeast, wheat beer and champagne type wheat beer, but also have bigger difference between the same types of beer, if is a big difference with the color of the wheat beer yeast, light color class at eight 14 ebc, dark class 25 60EBC。 With wheat malt brewed beer, no matter how much the quantity of added has a common characteristic, namely, ester, fatty alcohol, phenolic binder content is higher, it gives beer gives a pleasant stay. Anyhow, wheat bud is brewing performance after a high-quality liquor-making raw materials of barley malt, whether now or in the future, its application in the brewing has profound realistic significance, the key is must from set out actually, according to market demand to develop new varieties has vitality.