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.
Claims20
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 cereal is a barley characterized by carrying a mutation in the gene encoding MMT, and
- wherein the entire time for steeping and germination to provide said germinated grains did not exceed 72 hours (h), and
- wherein the germinated grains have been prepared by steeping and germination comprising incubating said grains in an aqueous solution while 02 is passed through said aqueous solution;
- B. finely dividing said germinated grains, while said germinated grains have a water content of at least 20%;
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- C. preparing an aqueous extract of said finely divided germinated grains, thereby producing an aqueous extract of the cereal.
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