Kvasny Prumysl, 2007 (vol. 53), issue 4

Evaluation of Barley Crop 2006 - Brewery Section.Peer-reviewed article

Josef ŠKACH, Karel NIKOLAI, Josef PROKEŠ

Kvasny Prum. 2007; 53(4): 98-102 | DOI: 10.18832/kp2007005  

In this work, the quality of malts produced from the variety Jersey from 2006 and from 6 growing regions of the Czech Republic was monitored. There were found significant differences in the degree of modification of malts, which reflected in the content of total nitrogen as well as alpha-amino nitrogen in hopped worts and beers. Almost in all cases, a high content of alpha-amino nitrogen was found in hopped worts, even if the protein content in malt was favourably low. The beers had a low colour, which did not correspond to the Czech beer type of the given original gravity of hopped wort. A very good correlation was found between hopped wort / beer...