When you say "west of California",
do you mean Hawaii, Guam, PI, Japan or maybe China? Or further west?
Take Care,
Brian R. Termunde
Midvale, Utah
2a. Re: Box Car Crack Filler For Grain Transport
Posted by: "Dave Parker"
spottab@... spottab
Date: Wed Oct 4, 2017 7:56 am ((PDT))
Tony wrote:There is a big company that uses rice to make a thin beverage,
but many of us do not consider it beer.
Well said, but there are many companies that use what are called adjuncts
in the brewing of "beer". An adjunct is any source of
fermentables that is not malted barley (or wheat or rye). Rice is
particularly prevalent in beers brewed to the west of California, but my
sense is that corn is just as (perhaps more) common in U.S. lagers from
the large macrobreweries.
The Germans have traditionally been rather stuffy about the use of
adjuncts, with various iterations of their Reinheitsgebot (purity
regulations) dating back to the 16th century. Traditionally, to be
called beer in Germany, the only ingredients allowed are malt, hops,
water, and yeast.
Actually, many very good beers contain adjuncts, often some form of table
sugar (sucrose). FBOFW, these additions increase the alcohol
content without making the bee