tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3547880038052435311..comments2024-03-27T20:07:51.303-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: AK sugars during WW IIRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-90217166895236700492021-05-04T12:36:22.084-07:002021-05-04T12:36:22.084-07:00Regarding CWA being a starch conversion/enzymatic ...Regarding CWA being a starch conversion/enzymatic syrup: This would have been a syrup made by the enzymatic conversion of starch, i.e. a so called high DE (dextrose equivalent) glucose syrup. These were invented in the late 1930's and were known as "wort syrups" in breweries. Essentially it's a malt substitute/wort extender in terms of sugar composition, probably with a higher level of glucose, thus giving it some of the qualities of invert sugar. Before WW2 starch syrups were made by acid conversion, such as dextro-maltose syrup, and were largely unfermentable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-43834320061766764522021-05-03T12:13:49.689-07:002021-05-03T12:13:49.689-07:00Interesting that Shepherd Neame used small quantit...Interesting that Shepherd Neame used small quantities of diastatic malt extract. I suppose that was also added to the mash rather than the kettle to aid in conversion? I wonder if the malt they were using was highly kilned and thus low in diastatic activity/enzymes and needed that DME to help out on attenuation.A Brew Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030012318161876780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-58077591752851074122021-05-03T05:59:59.207-07:002021-05-03T05:59:59.207-07:00EDME stands for English Diastatic Malt Extract, th...EDME stands for English Diastatic Malt Extract, the company founded in 1881 and producing "condensed wort" and other products. <br /><br />As a home brewer in the UK in the 1970s I used a lot of EDME kits and yeasts, and they are still going strong in cereals and extracts. <br /><br />https://www.edme.com/about/history/<br /><br />A snip from Homebrewtalk <br /><br />[Edme Limited was established in the early 1880s as the English Diastatic Malt Extract Company. So respected were its brewing syrups that in breweries throughout the UK Edme became a generic term for malt extract. In many breweries, the pipe running from the sugar room to the mash tuns is still known as the "Edme pipe." As the 1994 recipient of the Queen's Award for Export Achievement, Edme has built a reputation for quality English malts available the world over.] <br /><br />There is still a range of EDME home brew products as well, but I believe they sold these brands to Muntons. <br /><br />http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/cat27_1.htm <br /><br />Mike in NSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-67159276495770584592021-05-03T01:28:41.487-07:002021-05-03T01:28:41.487-07:00I used EDME malt extract occasionally when home br...I used EDME malt extract occasionally when home brewing. East (Anglian) Diastatic Malt Extract. Marquishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090613635376168029noreply@blogger.com