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Grain for malting, brewing and distilling

These ongoing projects relate to the work that HGCA has commissioned in relation to grain for malting, brewing and distilling.

Click on the titles for an upshot of the problem to be addressed, the aims, the approach and the benefits to the industry. Also will be attached the latest information in the form of Annual Project Reports (APRs) or Interim Reports.

RD-2004-3043 Association Genetics of Elite UK Barleys
The aim of the project is use molecular markers to genetically fingerprint the elite UK barleys that have been through the official UK trialling system since the unified testing system was introduced with effect from 1993. 
 
RD-2004-3100 Food safety review of UK cereal grain for use in malting, milling and animal feed 
To support and maintain the wholesomeness and acceptability in domestic and export markets of UK-grown cereal grain for use in the malting, milling and animal feed industries.

RD-2008-3401 Improving risk assessment to minimise fusarium mycotoxins in harvested malting barley
Monitoring and modelling of fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON), HT2, T2 and zearalenone (ZEAR) in UK malting barley at harvest.

RD-2007-3417 Factors that promote Premature Yeast Flocculation (PYF) conditions in malt  
This project aims to identify key factors predisposing grain to PYF condition in the malting, in order to describe to Maltsters conditions that promote and prevent the development of this condition during their process.

RD-2008-3481 Malt induced Premature Yeast Flocculation: how does the malting process influence PYF activity of malts and what is the mode of action during fermentation? (PhD)
The project aims to improve understanding of the mechanism(s) of PYF in brewery fermentations thus providing the malt supply chain with the knowledge to assure malt from a PYF perspective.

Please click here to see publications that have arisen out of finished projects.