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. 2023 Oct 12;12(20):3747. doi: 10.3390/foods12203747

Table 3.

The technological quality parameters of malt and congress wort samples.

Quality Parameters YOM1 YOM2 BOM NOM BwM BM
Malting yield, % 90.4 ± 0.5 b 90.8 ± 1.0 b 90.2 ± 0.1 b 85.0 ± 0.9 a 84.8 ± 0.6 a 85.0 ± 2.1 a
Moisture content, % 4.4 ± 0.1 b 4.7 ± 0.1 b,c 4.5 ± 0.1b,c 4.3 ± 0.6 b,* 3.2 ± 0.1 a 5.4 ± 0.1 c,*
Extractivity, % d.m. 62.2 ± 0.2 b 64.4 ± 0.4 c 51.9 ± 0.1 a 79.5 ± 0.2 d,* 61.8 ± 1.0 b 82.8 ± 0.2 e,*
Kolbach Index, % 40 ± 1 c 33 ± 1 b 29 ± 2 a,b 42 ± 1 c,* 25 ± 1 a 53 ± 2 d,*
Soluble nitrogen, mg/100 g d.m. 531 ± 2 b 625 ± 36 c 536 ± 4 b 933 ± 18 d,* 446 ± 19 a 896 ± 14 d,*
Free amino nitrogen, mg/100 g d.m. 122 ± 6 a,b 134 ± 2 b 108 ± 1 a,b 186 ± 18 c,* 82 ± 1 a 219 ± 25 c,*
Diastatic power of malt, °WK 45 ± 1 a 47 ± 3 a,b 50 ± 3 a,b 72 ± 2 b,* 30 ± 1 a 369 ± 15 c,*
Saccharification time of mash, min 10–15 15–20 20–25 10–15 * >60 <10 *
Time of wort filtration, h >3 >3 >3 >3 * >2 1 *
pH 6.02 ± 0.02 c,d 5.98 ± 0.02 c 6.02 ± 0.01 c,d 5.71 ± 0.01 a,* 6.10 ± 0.02 d 5.88 ± 0.02 b,*
Wort viscosity (8.6% w/w), mPa·s 1.66 ± 0.05 b 1.65 ± 0.04 b 1.76 ± 0.01 b 1.75 ± 0.03 b,* 1.90 ± 0.04 c 1.50 ± 0.04 a,*
Beta-glucan in malt, % d.m. 0.06 ± 0.01 a,b 0.04 ± 0.01 a 0.10 ± 0.01 c 0.06 ± 0.01 a,b 0.06 ± 0.01 a,b 0.42 ± 0.02 d
Wort extract, g/100 mL 6.82 ± 0.07 b 7.29 ± 0.01 c 5.74 ± 0.08 a 8.92 ± 0.03 d,* 6.90 ± 0.09 b 9.17 ± 0.02 d,*
Fermentable carbohydrates of wort, g/100 mL 4.10 ± 0.02 c 4.20 ± 0.01 d 3.56 ± 0.01 a 5.05 ± 0.01 e,* 3.75 ± 0.01 b 5.83 ± 0.04 f,*
Limit of attenuation of wort, % 85.1 ± 0.6 c 84.8 ± 0.6 c 85.0 ± 1.3 c 80.4 ± 2.1 b,* 69.2 ± 0.1 a 85.9 ± 0.6 c,*
DMS-P content in malt, mg/kg 7.4 ± 0.8 d 7.8 ± 0.1 d 4.1 ± 0.1 c 9.5 ± 0.1 e <0.1 a 3.9 ± 0.1 b

Explanations: a, b, c, d, e, f—homogeneous groups at a confidence level of p ≤ 0.05; the same letters in rows mean no statistically significant differences between the analyzed values of indicators; *—data published by Salamon [47]; sample and indicator codes as in Table 1.