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9.38 - Viscosity of Beer: Glass Capillary Viscometer (IM)
The determination of viscosity of beer by viscometry.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 8.4
The determination of viscosity of beer by viscometry.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 8.4
The determination of the lower boiling point volatile compounds (alcohols, esters, acetaldehyde and dimethyl sulphide) in beer by automatic headspace gas chromatography using intemal standards, a chemically bonded fused silica capillary column and flame ionisation detection.
The determination of the sensitive proteins in beer by nephelometric measurement of turbidity after addition of tannic known quantity of tannic acid.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 9.29
The nephelometric measurement of turbidity of beer after addition of alcohol and chilling.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 9.29
The determination of the foam stability of beer using the NIBEM-T meter.
The automatic determination of a foam stability number for beer and beer-mixed beverages by measuring the time foam takes to collapse using the Steinfurth Foam Stability Tester.
The determination of the specific gravity and the defined specific gravity/density derived values of beer in air at 20 ºC by weighing a known volume in a pyknometer or gravity bottle.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 8.2.1
The measurement of the specific gravity (SG) and the defined density derived values of a beer at 20 ºC using digital density meters of the oscillation type.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 1.6
The determination of lead in beer by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 1.3
A mathematical procedure to calculate the energy value of beer from the sum of the energy values of the significant beer components as determined by other methods.
It is necessary to use EBC Methods 9.2.1 or 9.2.4 and 9.26 and 9.9.1
The removal of carbon dioxide from beer in preparation for analysis.
This method specifies a high performance liquid chromatographic technique for the simultaneous determination of iso-α-acids (Iso) and reduced iso-α-acids (Rho, Tetra and Hexa) in beer. Due to coelution of Hexa and Iso peaks, this method is not recommended for the analysis of beers containing mixtures of Hexa and Iso compounds.
Determination of the N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) content of beer.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 4.1
The determination of selected hop-derived aroma components (myrcene, linalool, geraniol, 2-methylbutyl isobutanoate) in beer by automatic headspace-trap gas chromatography in combination with mass spectrometry.
It is necessary to use EBC Method 9.46
This method specifies a high performance liquid chromatographic technique for the simultaneous determination of iso-α-acids (Iso), humulinones (Hum) and α-acids (Alpha) in beer. It is recommended for dry hopped beers containing humulinones (and α-acids) in addition to iso-α-acids. Due to coelution of humulinones (or α-acids) and reduced iso-α-acids (Rho, Tetra, Hexa, see method EBC 9.47.1), this method is not recommended for the analysis of beers containg reduced iso-α-acids. This method was validated for the determination of humulinones and iso-α-acids in beer. The method is not a validated method for determination of α-acids , but can be used as a guideline method for the determination of α-acids
It is imperative that those who are sensitive to gluten can be confident consuming foods that are labelled gluten-free or that are naturally gluten-free. The only process capable of ensuring that a product is 100% gluten-free is to utilize 100% gluten-free grains. For beer that is rendered gluten-free, the competitive R5 ELISA method is capable of detecting hydrolysed prolamins that remain in beer. The prescribed determination of gluten in beer is using RIDASCREEN® Gliadin competitive kit. This method is equivalent to the ASBC Method of Analysis Beer-49. According to the AOECS standard for gluten-free foods, the R5-competitive ELISA should always be applied to fermented and partly hydrolysed products like beer.