INDEX

AAU. See Alpha acid unit

Abbreviations, listed, xviii-xix

ABV. See Alcohol by volume

ABW. See Alcohol by weight

Acetaldehyde, 181; odor of, 177

Acetic-acid bacteria, 103

Acetobacter, 91 (illustration), 104

Acetohydroxyl acids, 182

Acetomonas, 91 (illustration), 104

Acetyl Co A, 176, 178, 181

Achromobacter, 104, 106

Acid cleansers, cleaning with, 259

Acidity, 60; measuring, 47; problems with, 252

Acid rest, 130-33, 228

Acid sterilants, cleaning with, 260

Acidulation, 130-31, 132; enzymatic, 133

Acrospire, 113; growth of, 21 (illustration), 22, 114, 116

Acyl Co A, 176

Aeration, 163, 170; avoiding, 157; hazing and, 74; hot-side, 6, 33, 136

Aerobacter aerogenes, 104

Airlock, 241 (illustration)

Albumin rest, 137, 139

Albumins, 31, 32, 157; finings and, 196

Alcohol, cleaning with, 260

Alcohol by volume (ABV), deriving, 320, 321

Alcohol by weight (ABW), deriving, 320, 321

Aldehydes, 33, 181; flavor and, 194

Ales, fermentation of, 172

Alkaline cleansers, cleaning with, 258-59

Alkalinity, 45, 55-59, 302; adjusting, 63, 70, 72-73; measuring, 47

Alpha acids, 78, 81, 84, 88; analysis of, 82; beta acids and, 85; isomerized, 77; loss of, 82

Alpha acid unit (AAU), 82, 83

Alpha-amylase, 16, 27, 29, 109 (diagram), 134, 140, 142, 143; mash rests, 197

Alpha resin group, 77

Altitude, pressure and, 322

Aluminum, cleaning, 256, 257

Amber malt, 291; fermentation and, 118-19

American Homebrewers Association, 82

Amino acids, 32, 176, 184; as energy sources, 181

Ammonia, 66

Amylases, 109-10

Amylopectin, 27, 27 (diagram), 28, 29, 109

Amylose, 26-27, 27 (diagram)

Anions, 50, 56, 66-68

Anthocyanogens, removing, 196

Apparent attenuation, 198, 321; real attenuation and, 185-86

Apparent density, 197

Aroma, 200, 201; problems with, 251, 252

ASBC laboratory mash, 313

Astringency, problems with, 252

Atomic weights, 60

Attenuation, 301, 303; apparent, 185-86, 198, 321; real, 185-86, 198

Aufkraeusening, 169

Bacillus, 132, 252

Bacteria, 44, 100-6; fermenting and, 100; gram-negative, 103-6; gram-positive, 101-3

Balance scale, 264; constructing, 263 (illustration)

Balled starch, 203; problems with, 127, 129, 248

Balling, 312, 314

Barley, 106; aerating, 114-15; four-row, 5 (illustration), 6; harvesting, 3; improved varieties of, 6; six-row, 2 (illustration), 3, 5 (illustration), 6; two-row, 2 (illustration), 3, 5 (illustration); ungerminated/undermodified, 22; weight/yield of, 326. See also Malted barley

Barley corn, 4 (illustration)

Barley kernels, 1; decomposition of, 107; dehusked, 4 (illustration)

Barm, fermenting qualities of, 189

Beech chips, clarifying with, 196-97

Beta acids, 78, 81; alpha acids and, 85

Beta-amylase, 28, 30, 109, 109 (diagram), 134, 136, 140, 141, 142; mash rests, 197

Beta-glucan, 25, 26

Bicarbonate ions, 56-57

Bicarbonates, 36, 57, 58, 66-67, 197; reduction of, 70

Big Book of Brewing (Line), xiv, 82

Biscuit malt, 118

Bitterness, 85, 201

Bitterness units (IBU), 82, 84

Black malt, 120; pH of, 130

Blowoff, 179, 180, 239, 241 (illustration)

Bock, xx; real density of, 197; recipe for, 224

Bohemian malt, kilning, 117

Boiling, 133, 134-35, 153, 157, 159; clarification and, 235; elevation and, 325; pressure and, 326; sterilizing by, 254

Bottle-aging, 199, 244

Bottle brush, 287, 287 (illustration)

Bottle filler, 286, 286 (illustration)

Bottle priming, 246 (table)

Bottle rack, 287

Bottle rinser, 287 (illustration)

Bottles, 286-87, 290; cleaning, 198-99, 258, 294; inspecting, 246

Bottling, 198-99, 245-46, 248, 294-95, 297; oxygenation at, 199; problems with, 251-53; racking and, 245

Bottom fermenting, 90, 92

BrewCap, 294

Brew-house efficiency, 12, 13, 236 (table)

Brew-house extract, 13, 14

Brew-house yield, various sources for, 208-9 (table)

Brewing, 226-53; outline of, xvii; preparing for, 202-25, 289

Brewing liquor, 211-13 (table)

Brew log, 216-17 (table)

British ale malts, 9, 299; balling and, 129; kilning, 117; mash filter bed for, 146; partial mashing of, 116; single-decoction mash and, 135

British ales: fining and, 196; whole hops in, 160

Brix, 312, 314

Bromcresol Green-Methyl Red, 58

Brown malt: drying, 118; fermentation and, 118-19; pH of, 130

Bruchhefen, 188

Calcium, 55, 57, 63, 64; measuring, 59; precipitation of, 65

Calcium carbonate, 44; precipitation of, 64 (diagram)

Calcium sulfite, cleaning with, 260

Candida sp., 95

Capacity: expressing, 307-8; submultiples of, 309

Capper, 287

Caps, 287

Caramel malt, 120; crystal malt and, 119; pH of, 130

CaraPils malt, caramel versions of, 119

Carbohydrates, 24-26, 31

Carbonate ions, 57, 58; sparging and, 149

Carbonates, 66, 67, 297; free hydrogen, 36; reduction of, 71-72; sparging and, 149

Carbonation, 199, 248; degree of, 198; sugar and, 198

Carbon dioxide, 181, 246; pressure and, 322-23; production of, 177-78; volumes of, 322

Carbonic acid, 56, 71, 73, 240

Carboy brush, 284 (illustration), 286

Carboy cap, 283 (illustration)

Carboys, 241 (illustration), 282 (illustration), 290; fermentation with, 294; lagering with, 244

Carlsberg, bottom-fermenting yeast at, 90

Casks, conditioning for, 248

Cations, 50, 55, 63, 65-66; metal, 56

Cellulose, 24, 26 (diagram)

Celsius scale, changing, 306

Chemical sterilants, using, 254

Chemist’s lock, 283 (illustration)

Chillers, 276-78; counterflow, 278 (illustration); immersion, 279 (illustration)

Chloride, 49 (diagram), 67

Chloride ions, 49 (diagram), 56

Chlorides, 56, 57

Chocolate malt, 120; pH of, 130

Christian, Jacob: lager brewing by, 90

Citric acid, 61-62, 71, 72

Clarification, 191; boiling and, 235; reducing treatment for, 196

Clarity, 20, 150, 200

Clay, 40-41, 44

Cleaning, 254-60

Clostridium butyricum, 103, 133

Cloudiness. See Haze

Cold break, 158-59, 235; problems with, 249; settling tank and, 163

Cold ferment, contamination during, 192

Coliform bacteria, 70, 104, 252

Colloids, 74, 154

Color, 11, 204; water, 46-47

Conditioning, 191, 248

Cones, 79, 81

Congress of the International System of Units, 306

Construction, cleaning, 255-57

Contamination, 105 (table), 179, 194; preventing, 100-1, 162, 169, 198, 199; risk of, 191, 192

Convection currents, 173

Conversions, various, 311

Copper, cleaning, 254, 256, 257

Copper jam boiler, 275 (illustration)

Cornelius keg, 244, 285 (illustration)

Corn sugar, carbonating with, 198

Counterflow wort chiller, 278 (illustration)

Crystal malts, 302, 303; caramel malt and, 119; pH of, 130; saccharified, 120

Cubic measures, U.S./metric, 309

CWE (cold-water extract), 15, 126

Czechoslovakian malt, kilning, 117

Dark Munich, xx; enzyme strength of, 133; recipe for, 221

DBCG extract, 12-13

DBFG extract, 11, 12

Debranching enzymes, 109 (diagram)

Decimal equivalents, 328

Decoction, 18, 226; first, 229; second, 230

Decoction mashing, 22, 107-8, 127, 128, 227, 298, 300, 302, 304; described, 133-36; filter bed for, 148; hopping, 155; skepticism about, 136; wort and, 155

Dekkera sp., 95

Density, 174, 215 (table); apparent, 197; checking, 240; measuring, 312-15; reference units for, xviii; temperature and, 202; wort, 185, 186-87, 188, 236, 242

Dextrinization rest, 230-31, 232

Dextrinous beer, secondary fermentation for, 194

Dextrins, 27-28, 134, 192, 194, 243, 301; a-limit, 30, 109, 140, 143; ß-limit, 29, 109, 136; maltose and, 164

Dextrocheck, testing with, 243

Diacetyl, 101, 175, 183, 185, 188; flavor and, 182; formation of, 194; kraeusening and, 243; reducing, 169

Diacetyl diketone, 102

Diacetyl rest, 242; fermentable extract and, 185

Diastatic enzymes, 108-9, 134, 135, 145

Diatomaceous earth, using, 196

Disaccharides, 30

DME. See Dry malt extract

DMS, 20; reducing development of, 237

Dopplebock, xx; recipe for, 225

Dortmund, kilning, 117

Dortmunder, xix; mash thickness and, 142; recipe for, 219

Doughing-in, 126-29, 135, 144, 227-28, 304

Dreher, Anton: bottom fermenting and, 90

Dry Malt Extract (DME), 288-89, 292

Dry measures, 309-10

EBC method, 11, 14

Eisbocks, xx

Electron transfer, 49 (diagram)

EMP, 181

Enamelware, cleaning, 256

Enzymes, 107-10; constitutive, 107; debranching, 109 (diagram); diastatic, 108-9, 134, 135, 145; extracellular, 107; improving effectiveness of, 128; inducible, 107; intracellular, 107; nonproteolytic, 138; pH and, 47; proteolytic, 108, 145

Equipment, 261-87; cleaning, 257-58, 297

Equivalence, 60-63

Escherichia coli, 70, 104

Esters, 176, 177, 239

Ethyl, cleaning with, 260

Ethyl acetate, 176

Ethyl alcohol, 181; boiling, 326

Evaporation rates, establishing, 156-58

Exiguus, 91 (illustration)

Extract efficiency, 138, 236

Extracts: diacetyl rest and, 185; expressing, 313; post-kraeusen, 184; problems with, 249; terminal, 197-98, 244; unfermentable, 197; unhopped, 288

False bottom cross sections, 269 (illustration)

Fatty acids, 33-34, 176; as energy sources, 181

Fermentation, 89, 97, 164-90, 193, 288, 293-94; acidity of, 174; clean, 185; culture-yeast, 171, 192; flavor and, 188; gelitanous, 102; heat from, 173; inducing, 168; kraeusening and, 238, 250; lag times for, 110; mash thickness and, 140-41, 301; problems with, 250-51; products of, 181; ropy, 102, 104; single-stage, 294; temperature and, 172-73, 185, 293. See also Primary fermentation; Secondary fermentation

Fermentation lock, 171, 189, 240, 243; cleaning, 257

Fermenters, 296; blocking, 295; cleaning, 258, 297; cone-bottomed, 187, 189

Filtering, 20, 74, 148, 233-34, 247 (illustration); improving, 6; purpose of, 146; speed of, 20

Final rest, 231

Fine grind-coarse grind difference, 13-14

Finings, 244; isinglass, 195-96, 245

Finishing hops, 156, 159-60; adding, 235-36

Fix, George, 60

Flavor, 200, 201; fermentation and, 188; kraeusening and, 243; problems with, 251, 252, 253; temperature and, 172-73, 294

Flocculation: improving, 162; oxygenization and, 157; pH and, 54; polyphenol, 235; problems with, 251; protein, 157, 235

Force cooling, 139, 161, 235, 237

Formulas, various, 329

Freezing point, 326

Friability, percent, 18-19

Fructose, 29 (diagram)

Fusel alcohol, 176, 177, 181, 239; esterization of, 170-71; oxidation of, 194

Galactose, 24, 29 (diagram), 30

Gallons, pounds and, 329

Gelatin, 195, 244-45

Gelatinous precipitate, problems with, 253

Germination, 22, 114, 115-16

Glass, cleaning, 256

Glazed porcelain, cleaning, 256

Glucose, 29 (diagram), 30; anaerobic fermentation of, 180-81, 180 (diagram)

Glycogen, 174, 175

Grain bill, 206-7 (table)

Grams, milliliters and, 329

Gram scale, 263

Gravity, 215 (table), 312, 315, 316, 318; excess, xviii; final, 296

Grist, 122; lauter-tun, 125 (table)

Hafnia, 91 (illustration), 106

Hammer mills, 123 (illustration), 124

Hanson, Emil: lager brewing by, 90

Hardness, 38-39 (map), 55-59, 57, 58, 68 (table), 324; reducing, 74; temporary, 59; as treatment indicator, 69 (table)

Hardness test kit, 262 (illustration)

Hartong extract, 15

Hartong 45 degrees, 115

Haze, 23, 74, 233; malts and, 32; problems with, 251, 253

Hazelnut chips, clarifying with, 196-97

HBU, 11, 82-83

Heads, 1; formation/retention of, 200; problems with, 253

Heating elements, cleaning, 257

Hellesbock, recipe for, 223

Hemicellulose, 24-25, 89, 126, 138

Home grain mill, 123 (illustration)

Hop acids, solubility of, 156

Hop aromatics, 78, 200

Hop extraction, 245; efficiency of, 156; pH and, 53, 54

Hop nose, 160

Hop oils, 153, 159

Hop pellets, 85, 161, 288

Hop rates, 156, 214-15 (table)

Hop resins, 153; isomerization of, 157

Hops, xvii, 77-88, 80 (illustration), 160; analysis of, 84 (table); aroma, 160; bitterness of, 85; color range of, 84 (table); cone size of, 84 (table); cross-section of, 83 (illustration); displacement values of, 327; dry, 78, 160, 245; finishing, 156, 159-60, 235-36; flavoring, 159; growing, 79-80, 88 (table); kettle, 153-55, 156, 292; as preservative, 79, 155; varieties of, 78, 86-87 (table), 88

Hop scale, 276, 277 (illustration)

Hot break, 158, 235

Humulus lupulus, 77

HWE, 14-15

Hydrochloric acid, 56

Hydrogen, 48 (diagram), 50-51

Hydrogen ions, 48 (diagram), 62

Hydrogen peroxide, cleaning with, 260

Hydrometer, 244 (illustration); calibrating, 314; measuring with, 151, 186, 197; temperature corrections for, 319

Hydronium ions, 51, 52, 57

Hydroxide ions, 51, 52

Hydroxyl ions, 62

IBU. See Bitterness units

Immersion chiller, 279 (illustration)

Indicator dyes, 58

Infusion mash, 142, 148, 227, 298-303; hopping, 155; malts for, 116, 299; modified, 304-5; traditional, 299 (graph), 299

IOB lot analysis, 14

Iodine starch conversion test, 143-44, 230, 232, 303, 305

Iodophor, cleaning with, 260

Ionic compounds, 48 (diagram), 50

Ions, 47-48, 48 (diagram); equivalent/molecular weight of, 61

Iron, 65-66; removing, 74

Isinglass finings, 195-96, 245

Iso-alpha-acids, 77, 154

Isomaltose, 28 (diagram), 92, 197

Isopropyl, cleaning with, 260

Kegging, problems with, 251-53

Kegs, 286; cleaning, 248

Kettle adjuncts, 210 (table)

Kettle break, 158; pH and, 47; problems with, 249

Kettle hops, 292; adding, 153-55, 156

Kettles, 263, 292-93; calibrating, 291; cleaning, 254, 257; decoction, 273; wort, 226, 275-76, 288

Kilning, 117-21

Klebsiella, 91 (illustration), 104

Kraeusen, 98, 103, 104, 157, 162, 168-69, 194; aroma hops and, 160; fermentation and, 155, 167, 238, 250; hazing in, 251; high, 182-83, 183 (illustration), 184-85, 242, 250, 251; late, 184; low, 178-79, 179 (illustration), 182, 240, 250; pH of, 180; post, 183-84, 242-43; problems with, 250

Lactic acid, 61-62, 71, 72, 73, 101, 102, 106, 228

Lactic-acid mash, 132-33, 228

Lactobacillus, 91 (illustration), 101, 102

Lactobacillus brevis, 132

Lactobacillus bulgaris, 132

Lactobacillus delbruckii, 71, 102, 132, 228

Lagering, 185, 188, 191, 193-95; bottle-conditioning and, 244; fermenting and, 182, 195, 284-85; length of, 194, 244-45; pH and, 165 (graph); yeast and, 193

Lager malts, 8, 9, 16; wort pH of, 129

Lagers, xix-xxi, 291; real density of, 197; temperatures for, 172

Lag phase, 239; primary fermentation and, 174-78; problems with, 250; yeast in, 175, 177

Lautering, 13, 20, 145, 146, 231

Lauter-tuns, 122, 226, 231, 232, 233, 234, 266-71, 268 (illustration), 270 (illustration), 305; cleaning, 257; filtering with, 146; milling for, 125; sparging and, 150

Light beers, mash thickness and, 141

Light Munich, xx, 9; recipe for, 222

Line, Dave, xiv, 82

Linear measures, expressing, 310

Lipids, 33; oxidation of, 194; sparging and, 34

Liquid measures, abbreviations for, 307

Liquor-storage vessels, 264

Lot analysis, 8, 84

Magnesium, 55, 57, 65; measuring, 59

Malt, 7, 21 (illustration), 114; aromatic, 118; base, 8-9, 117; binning, 121; coarsely ground, 125; colored, 11, 25 (table), 129; crushed, 122-25, 124 (illustration), 144, 228, 300; dark, 302; diastic power of, 134; displacement values of, 327; dry analysis of, 10 (table); enzymatic, 117; evaluation of, 21-23; fractions, 32-33; glassy, 18; gums, 24; half-glassy, 18; infusion mash, 300; kilning, 117, 120; lager, 8, 9, 16, 129; mealy, 18; modification of, 25 (table); moisture content of, 9, 11; roasted, 303; size grading for, 23 (table); specialty, 118-20; weight of, 326; well-modified/poorly modified, 125, 202

Maltase, 92, 110

Malted barley, xvii, 7-34, 113; milling, 122-25

Malt-extract syrup, homebrewing with, 288-97

Malting, 113-21

Malt mills/screens, 265; cleaning, 257

Maltose, 28 (diagram), 30, 92, 109, 141; dextrin and, 164

Maltotriose, 31, 192, 197, 300

Malt scale, 265

Manganese, 55, 66; removing, 74

Mannose, 29 (diagram), 30

Mash: acidity of, 71, 130; compositional changes during, xvii; fermentability and, 301; lactic-acid, 132-33, 228; odor of, 20; pH of, 129-30, 132, 228, 248; problems with, 248-49; rest mash, 126, 137, 144, 145, 197, 232; saccharified, 132; set, 249; single-decoction, 135, 231-32; step, 14, 18, 203, 227, 298, 300, 304-5, 304 (graph); temperature of, 145, 149, 228, 298, 304-5; thick, 136, 138-41, 231, 301, 302; thin, 136-37, 228; three-decoction, 127 (graph), 136-52, 227-31; two-decoction, 128 (graph). See also Decoction mashing; Infusion mash

Mash filter bed, 147 (illustration)

Mashing, 7, 13, 126-52, 157, 202, 298-99; extract from, 126

Mash-tuns, 226, 229, 265-66, 304; cleaning, 257; picnic cooler as, 267 (illustration)

Measures, 306-29

Measuring cups, 264-65, 292

Melanoids, 117-18; phenolic, 33

Melibiose, 29 (diagram), 30

Mesh strainers, 272

Metabolic pathways, 89

Metric units, abbreviations of, 307

Mho, 55

Microaerophiles, 101

Mill, 264 (illustration)

Milliliters, grams/ounces and, 329

Milling: efficiency of, 144; equipment for, 122-25

Mineral ions, 63-64

Mineral salt treatment, 56, 74, 75-76 (table)

Mitcherlich, yeast and, 90

Mixing, described, 203

Molarity, 60-63

Monohydrate acid, 71

Monosaccharides, 24, 30, 92, 177

Munich lagers, 291, 299; mash thickness and, 141

Munich malt, 15; kilning, 117, 118; pH of, 130

Mycoderma, 91 (illustration)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 306

Nearly fermented beer, 245-46, 248; contamination of, 194

Neon, 48 (diagram)

NIST. See National Institute of Standards and Technology

Nitric acid, 56; cleaning with, 259

Nitrogen, metabolism of, 181

Normality, 60-63

Odor, 46-47; problems with, 251, 252

Ohm, 55

Oligosaccharides, 24, 30, 140

Orthophosphoric acid, 71

Ounces, milliliters and, 329

Oxaloacetate, 176, 181

Oxidation, 159; prevention of, 198

Oxo-acids, 176, 178, 181, 182

Oxygen, 48 (diagram); contamination by, 194; saturation, 164; starvation, 162

Oxygenation, 85, 170, 203; bottling and, 199; flocculation and, 157; yeast and, 178

Oxygen ion, 48 (diagram)

Paddle, 272 (illustration), 273

Pale malts, 8, 17; character grading for, 23 (table); mashing, 71; pH of, 130

Pasteur, Louis: yeast and, 90

Pasteur units, 327

Pectins, dissolving, 138

Pediococcus, 91 (illustration), 101, 102, 251, 252

Peptides, 32, 138, 139, 184

Percentage equivalents/solutions, 328

Petite mutants, 162

PET soda bottles, 289

pH, 53 (table), 304; as alkalinity indicator, 69 (table); checking, 52, 53-54, 174, 235, 236, 240; mash, 248, 302; papers, 261-62, 262 (illustration); problems with, 248, 302; temperature and, 202; testing, 44, 45, 46, 47; test kit, 262 (illustration); as treatment indicator, 69 (table)

Phosphates, 33, 56, 71; leaching, 34

Phosphoric acid, 56, 61, 62, 71, 72, 228; cleaning with, 259, 260

Phosphoric coenzyme, 89; fermentation and, 110

Phytase, 108, 130-31, 138

Phytic acid, 33, 131

Pichia membranaefaciens, 91 (illustration)

Pichia sp., 95

Pilseners, xix; American, xx; dark, xx; mash thickness and, 142; recipe for, 218

Pilsen malts, 8, 9, 17, 110

Pilsner, xix

Pitching, 169-71, 176, 178, 179, 237-38, 242, 290, 293; preparing for, 164, 166-68; volume, 238 (table)

Planning, 202-25, 289

Plastics, cleaning, 256, 258

Plato, 312, 314, 315, 316, 317

Polypeptides, 32, 138, 196, 226

Polyphenols, 33, 154, 158, 235; finings and, 196; flavors and, 171; polymerization of, 163; removing, 196

Polysaccharides, 24, 30, 140, 301; saccharified, 113

Polyvinylpyrrolidones, 196

Porcelain plate, 274

Potassium, 55, 56, 57, 65

Potassium metabisulfite, cleaning with, 260

Pounds, gallons and, 329

Pressure: absolute, 321; altitude and, 322; boiling and, 326; carbon dioxide and, 322-23; regulating, 194; temperature and, 322, 323, 324, 325

Primary fermentation, 171, 172, 179, 189, 294; described, 239-40; lag phase of, 174-78; temperature and, 239, 240, 240 (table); time guideline for, 240 (table)

Primary fermenter, 281, 283

Priming bucket, 286, 295, 296; cleaning, 297

Principles of Brewing Science (Fix), 60

Protein, 31-32; percent, 17

Proteinase, 108, 138

Protein precipitation, 157; pH and, 53

Protein rest, 137-39, 229

Protein sludge, 148, 150

Proteolysis, 103, 136, 226

Proteoses, 32, 139

Pseudomonas, 104

Pump-spray bottles, 281

Pyruvic acid, 176, 178, 181

Quaternary ammonium sterilants, cleaning with, 260

Racking, 186-87, 193, 242, 244; bottling and, 198, 245; cloudiness and, 170; sampling at, 188

Racking cane, 296, 297

Raking, 151, 300

Real attenuation, 198; apparent attenuation and, 185-86

Recipes, 218-25

Recirculating Infusion Mash System (RIMS), 266

Reducing-sugar, analysis of, 244

Reducing-sugar analysis kit, 286

Reference units, xviii

Refrigeration, 283-84, 326

Repitching, 188, 189, 190

Resins, 77, 157

Respiratory phase, yeast and, 177

Rest mash, 126, 137, 144, 145, 232; alpha-amylase/beta-amylase, 197

RIMS. See Recirculating Infusion Mash System

Rootlet growth, as acrospirelength indicator, 116 (table)

Roughness, problems with, 251

Rousing, 170, 178; aeration by, 162-63; racking and, 187

Ruh beer. See Nearly fermented beer

Runoff, 148; boiling, 153; cloudy, 233; restricting, 150-51; temperature of, 149

Saaz yeasts, 172

Saccharification, 134, 135, 136, 138, 142, 144, 226, 302; mash, 143; problems with, 249; temperature for, 230, 298, 300

Saccharification rest, 140-43, 230-31; duration of, 301; temperature for, 231, 232

Saccharometers, 274-75; temperature corrections for, 320

Saccharomyces, 89

Saccharomyces carlbergensis, 90, 91 (illustration), 92, 95

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 90, 92, 95

Saccharomyces uvarum, 30, 95, 177

Salmonella strains, 70

Sanitization, 292-93, 294

Screens, 265

Scrub brush, 275

Scum, 179, 184

Secondary fermentation, 185, 188, 191-201, 243-44; duration of, 192-93; lagering and, 195; length of, 244-45; temperature for, 240

Secondary fermenter, 284-85

Sediments, 74; cold-break, 237; filtering, 41; problems with, 251; water, 46-47

Sedlmayer, Gabriel: bottom fermenting and, 90

SG 1040, 312

Shigella dysenteriae, 70

Shredded hulls, 122

Silica, 67; leaching, 34

Silica gel, using, 196

“Sinker” test, 22

Siphoning, 295, 296-97

Siphon tubing, 284

Six-row malt mill, 123 (illustration)

Size, 19

Skimming, 179, 180

Slants, 97

SNR, 17-18

Soda keg, 247 (illustration)

Sodium, 49 (diagram), 55, 56, 65

Sodium bicarbonate, cleaning with, 259

Sodium carbonate, cleaning with, 259

Sodium chloride, 49 (diagram)

Sodium hydroxide, cleaning with, 258

Sodium hypochlorite, cleaning with, 259

Sodium ion, 49 (diagram)

Sodium metabisulfite, cleaning with, 260

Softeners, ionic-exchange, 74

Soluble gums, 24

Soluble protein, percent, 17

Sourmalt, 129

Sourmash-tun, 265

Sparge liquor, 148-49

Sparger, 272

Sparging, 20, 150-52, 157, 202, 298, 301, 302, 303, 305; lipids and, 34; preparing for, 149-50; purpose of, 146; rate for, 233-34; system for, 271 (illustration)

Specific conductivity, 54-55, 68 (table)

Specific gravity (sp gr), xviii, 312

Sp gr. See Specific gravity

Splashing, 198, 203, 253, 296; avoiding, 243, 246; contamination during, 199; racking and, 187

Sponges, 275

Spoon, 272

Springs, as brewing source, 37, 40

Sprouting, 113, 115, 116

Square measures, expressing, 310

Squeeze bottles, 281

SRM, 11

Stabilization, 191

Stainless steel, cleaning, 254, 255-56, 257

Starch, 26-27, 26 (diagram), 28 (diagram); conversion of, 230

Staubhefen yeast, 188

Steeping, 113, 114-15

Step mash, 14, 18, 203, 227, 298, 300, 304-5, 304 (graph)

Sterilant solutions, making, 327

Sterilization, 246, 254-60, 290, 294, 327

Streptococcus faecalis, 70

Subculturing, 190; fermentation and, 167

Sucrose, 28 (diagram), 30; displacement values of, 327; yeast and, 177

Sugars, 30-31; carbonation and, 198

Sulfates, 56, 57, 67

Sulfuric acid, 56, 60, 61, 62, 71, 72; cleaning with, 260; pollution by, 36

Tanks, pressurization in, 194

Tannins, 78, 157, 302

Taste: areas for, 200 (illustration); perceptions, 201; problems with, 249-50, 251, 252

Temperature: density and, 202; fermentation and, 172-73, 185, 293; flavor and, 172-73, 294; maintaining, 173, 145, 231, 232, 233, 240; pH and, 202; pressure and, 322, 323, 324, 325; primary fermentation, 239, 240, 240 (table); problems with, 248, 302; reference, xviii, 236; rest, 139, 140, 303; saccharification, 298, 300; standard density/specific gravity reference, 306; strike, 143; various measures of, 311

Thermometers: calibrating, 326-27; floating, 273 (illustration); immersible, 273

Thermophilic homofermentive species, 102, 132

Thick mash, 136, 231, 301, 302; enzyme performance of, 138-39; fermentability and, 140-41

Thin mash, 136-37, 228, 253

Three-decoction mash, 136-52, 227-31; final decoction of, 144-45; first decoction of, 136-37; time/temperature graph for, 127

TN, percent, 17

Tongue, taste areas on, 200 (illustration)

Top fermenting, 90, 174, 182

Torulopsis sp., 91 (illustration), 95

Total dissolved solids, 54-55, 68 (table)

Treatment, 211-13 (table)

Trisodium phosphate, cleaning with, 259

Troubleshooting, 248-53

Trub, 150, 159; contents of, 170-71; discharging, 148, 187; settling, 236

TSN, percent, 17

Tubing, 284, 295, 296; cleaning, 258

Turbidity, 46-47; problems with, 252

Underground water, 37, 42-43 (diagram)

U.S. Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards, 47, 70

Valence, negative/positive, 50

Varietal analysis, 84

Vibrio cholerae, 70

Vicinal diketones, 175, 182

Vienna, xix-xx, 291; recipe for, 220

Vienna malt, 9, 15, 16; kilning, 117, 118; pH of, 130

Viscosity, cP, 20

Volume, 211-13 (table); reference units for, xviii

Volutin, 93

Water, 35-76; alkalinity of, 58; analysis of, 44-46, 45 (table); characteristics of, 68-69 (table), 74 (table); density of, 323; expansion/contraction of, 325; hardness of, 38-39 (map), 40-41, 44, 45, 55-59, 68 (table), 69 (table), 74, 324; molecules, 50, 51 (diagram), 52; pH of, 53, 54; softness of, 40-41, 44, 45; treatment of, 46, 70-73; underground, 42-43 (diagram); volume of, 35

Water test kits, 262

Weights, 306-29

Weight/volume measurement, converting, 313-14

Wells, as brewing source, 37, 40

Wine thief, 276

Wood, cleaning, 256-57

Wort: acidity of, 134, 234; aerating, 163; anaerobic metabolism of, 178-79; bitterness of, 85; boiling, xvii, 153-63, 158, 162, 234-35, 289, 292; cooling, 161-63, 236-37; decoction mash and, 155; density of, 185, 186-87, 188, 236, 242; filtering, 236-37; heating, 233; high-gravity, 289; oxygenated, 162; pH of, 19, 129, 158; problems with, 249-50; running off, 146, 168; straining, 160-61; volume of, 236

Wort chiller, 276-78

Wort-storage jars, 280

Yeast, xxi, 89-99, 91 (illustration); activity of, 177-78; adaptation and, 166; aerating, 98; aging by, 94; bottom-fermenting, 90, 92; break, 188, 250; characteristics by, 90; collecting, 188-90; dry, 97; dusty, 92, 167, 188, 191; fermentation and, 110; finings and, 196; flavor and, 166; Frohberg type, 92; growth of, 96 (illustration), 96-98; head, 92; lager, 177, 193; lag phase and, 169, 175, 177, 178; metabolism, 89-90; nutrients for, 93; operation of, 94; oxygenation and, 178; performance of, 47, 174, 188, 243; pitching, 166-67, 169-71, 176, 178, 189, 237-38, 290, 293; problems with, 251; pure-culture, 95-98; reproduction by, 93-94, 192; respiratory phase and, 177; Saaz type, 92; starter, 168, 238-39; storing, 98; strains of, 92-93, 94; subculturing, 190; temperature for, 240; top-fermenting, 90, 174, 182; washing, 99; wild, 94-95, 189

Yeast-culturing equipment, 280-81

Zymase, 89; fermentation and, 110

Zymomonas, 91 (illustration), 106, 252