Barley: Bursting With Flavor? (For Beer) ??
Barley: Bursting With Flavor? (For Beer) ??
Barley: Bursting With Flavor? (For Beer) ??
(for beer)??
A Gordian knot?
Presentation outline
1. The MN caper
2. The Flavor 6-pack
3. The World Core
4. The Full Pint Occurrence
5. The 3 x 3
6. The 3 x
7. Next steps
8. The bigger picture
9. Implications
10. Malt data
The MN caper
The Flavor 6-pack
The World Core
The Full Pint Occurrence
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
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Professor Patrick Hayes was visiting from Oregon State University and the group of
barley researchers from UM (Gary Muehlbauer, Kevin Smith, and Peter Morrell and
me)) took him to dinner to discuss our joint research project on flavor components in
malt and the USA hosting International Barley Genetics Symposium in 2016.
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The MN caper
The Flavor 6-pack
The World Core
The Full Pint Occurrence
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The MN caper
1. Reinvigorate US barley breeding and genetics focus on
malting and brewing
2. The genomics vs. phenomics discontinuity
3. 1001 nano-malts and nano-brews
4. AMBA white paper
http://barleyworld.org/breeding-genetics/tcap/beer-flavor
2062 grown
709 harvested
The 3 x 3
Variables:
3 varieties: Full Pint, Klages, Metcalfe
3 locations: Corvallis, Saskatoon, St. Paul
Assessments:
Nano-brew at New Glarus
Wort sensory and analytics at Sierra Nevada
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The 3 x 3
Nano-brew at New Glarus
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The 3 x 3
Wort sensory and analytics at Sierra Nevada
1.0=Excellent,Superior:
2.0=AboveAverage,VeryGood:
3.0=Average,Good:
4.0=Fair,NeedsImprovement:
Malty,Sweet,Clean,Nooffflavor
SLMalty,SLSweet,Weak,SLGrainy,SLHusky
SLBitter,Dusty,Grainy,Papery,Chaffy
SLEarthy,SLMusty,SLGreen,SLGrassy
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The 3x
Variables
3 varieties: Copeland, Full Pint, Klages
1 production environment: Herb Farm, Lebanon Oregon
1 malt environment: Canadian Malting Barley Technical Center
Assessments:
New Glarus: brewing and beer sensory
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics
Beer sensory this afternoon at the BIC
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The 3x
Assessments:
New Glarus: brewing and beer sensory
Ratingscale: 0 1.99(Poor),2 2.99(BelowAverage),3 3.99(Good),4 5(Excellent)
Malt
Type
Copeland
FullPint
Klages
Foam
quality
2.84
3.21
2.84
Bitterness/
sweetness
quality
3.54
3.35
3.08
Astringency
Finishing
quality
Graininess smoothness
3.39
3.25
3.13
3.34
2.91
2.85
3.69
3.66
3.44
Overall
qualityrating
3.58
3.63
2.88
The 3x
Assessments:
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics
Overall Difference
Attribute
No Difference
Very Slight Difference
Slight Difference
Moderate Difference
ModerateLarge Difference
Large Difference
Very Large Difference
# votes
0
0
2
4
3
2
0
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The 3x
Assessments:
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
The 3x
Assessments:
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics
Variety
Copeland
FullPint
Klages
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
Descriptors
Grainy,grassy,bland,v.s.toasty,sl.fruity
Fruity,freshpineapple,v.sl. rootbeer,v.sl.grahamcracker,later
character,lessmaltythanother2
Estery,grassy,fruity,heavymouthfeel,sl. grainy
Sl.nutty,aboutSummerfest maltiness,sl.grainy/grassy
Sl.clove,flavorful,heavymouthfeel,fruity,full,sl.metallic,
minty,spicy,bright
Initialsl.vinegar,loweraroma,slightlygrassy,more
watery/blandtaste
The 3x
There are differences
There are differential preferences
Descriptors are intriguing
Beer sensory this afternoon at the BIC
El Pueblo Room 5:30 6:00
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
Next steps
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data
Oregon Promise
Full Pint/Golden Promise doubled haploids (DH)
Genotyping
Nano-brew and 3 locations
Oregon Otter
Full Pint/Maris Otter DH
Genotyping
Phenotyping pipeline
Full Stein
Full Pint/Violetta DH
Genotyping
Phenotyping pipeline
Variety
Malting
Consumer
Aware?
Willing?
Brewing
Implications
Malt data
Implications
Engineering flavor?
Acknowledgements
The Flavor 6-pack
American Malting Barley Association
Busch Agricultural Resources
Great Western Malting
Oregon Wheat Commission
Malt data
Malt data