Effects of β‐glucans and environmental factors on the viscosities of wort and beer

YL Jin, A Speers, AT Paulson… - Journal of the Institute of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports on the influence of molecular weight and concentration of barley β‐
glucans on the rheological properties of wort and beer. Environmental conditions such as …

Effects of Fermentation Parameters and Cell Wall Properties on Yeast Flocculation1

RA Speers, YQ Wan, YL Jin… - Journal of the Institute of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Industrial wort was fermented with a NewFlo phenotype ale yeast in lab‐scale cylindrical
fermenters. The effects of various fermentation parameters and yeast cell wall properties on …

Miniaturizing the fermentation assay: Effects of fermentor size and fermentation kinetics on detection of premature yeast flocculation

JC Lake, RA Speers, AV Porter… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This article reports on fermentation assays used to test the fermentability of malt, especially
malt implicated in premature yeast flocculation (PYF). No standard small-scale method …

Construction of a highly thermostable 1, 3-1, 4-β-glucanase by combinational mutagenesis and its potential application in the brewing industry

C Niu, L Zhu, A Hill, R Alex Speers, Q Li - Biotechnology letters, 2017 - Springer
Objectives To improve the thermostability and catalytic property of a mesophilic 1, 3-1, 4-β-
glucanase by combinational mutagenesis and to test its effect in congress mashing. Results …

Suitability of the miniature fermentability method to monitor industrial fermentations

AJ MacIntosh, J Adler, E Eck… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Malt barley breeders and maltsters often strive to improve the quality of their product by
improving fermentability. Small-scale assays are often used to assess the fermentability of …

Mechanical characterization of individual brewing yeast cells using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS): cell rupture force and stiffness

B Barazani, S Warnat, T Hubbard… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The mechanical properties of individual yeast cells were measured using
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Samples were taken throughout two controlled …

Rehydration of active dried yeast: Impact on strength and stiffness of yeast cells measured using microelectromechanical systems

B Barazani, M Piercey, A Paulson… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the rehydration of active dried yeast and the impact of temperature
and wort density on the strength and stiffness of individual cells using a …

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CNLZA Hill, RASQ Li - researchgate.net
Objectives To improve the thermostability and catalytic property of a mesophilic 1, 3-1, 4-b-
glucanase by combinational mutagenesis and to test its effect in congress mashing. Results …