Refined cereal-based beverages
AssigneeCarlsberg Breweries A/S
InventorsBirgitte Skadhauge, Finn Lok, Søren Knudsen, Toni Wendt, Katarzyna Krucewicz, Lucia Marri, Ole Olsen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for preparing cereal-based beverages. Particularly, the present invention provides, for example, methods for steeping and germination of cereal grain under continuous aeration. The present invention also provides for wet milling of germinated cereal grains and direct transfer of the germinated grain, without drying, to the brewery for further processing. Compared to current methods the methods of the present invention significantly reduces water consumption, energy consumption and transport need.
Claims25
A method for producing an aqueous extract of a cereal, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing grains of a cereal;
- b. subjecting the cereal grains to a step of germination thereby obtaining germinated grains, wherein said step of germination comprises submerging and incubating said grains in an aqueous solution while passing O2 of at least 2L/hour per kg dry weight cereal grains through the aqueous solution until the grains have a water content of at least 30%;
- c. finely dividing said germinated grains, while said germinated grains have a water content of at least 20%, with the proviso that said cereal grains do not have a water content below 20% at any time between steps b) and c);
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- d. preparing an aqueous extract of said divided germinated grains, thereby producing an aqueous extract of the cereal.
A method for producing an aqueous extract of a cereal, said method comprising the steps of:
- A. providing germinated grains of a cereal having a water content of at least 20% with the proviso that said cereal grains have not had a water content below 20% at any time subsequent to germination wherein the germinated grains contain at the most 4 g rootlets (dry matter) per 100 g germinated cereal grains (dry matter);
- B. finely dividing said germinated grains;
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- C. preparing an aqueous extract of the divided germinated grains of (B), thereby producing an aqueous extract of the cereal.
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