Barley: Bursting with flavor?

(for beer)??

A Gordian knot?

Variety: Genetics, Management, Climate, Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Malting: Time, Temperature, Moisture
Brewing: Hops, Water, Yeast, Adjuncts, Time, Temperature
Consumer: Awareness, Willingness
Micro-flora, Micro-fauna, Storage, Transport

Presentation outline
1. The MN caper
2. The Flavor 6-pack
3. The World Core
4. The Full Pint Occurrence
5. The 3 x 3
6. The 3 x
7. Next steps
8. The bigger picture
9. Implications
10. Malt data

The MN caper
The Flavor 6-pack
The World Core
The Full Pint Occurrence
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

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Professor Patrick Hayes was visiting from Oregon State University and the group of
barley researchers from UM (Gary Muehlbauer, Kevin Smith, and Peter Morrell and
me)) took him to dinner to discuss our joint research project on flavor components in
malt and the USA hosting International Barley Genetics Symposium in 2016.
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The MN caper
The Flavor 6-pack
The World Core
The Full Pint Occurrence
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The MN caper
1. Reinvigorate US barley breeding and genetics focus on
malting and brewing
2. The genomics vs. phenomics discontinuity
3. 1001 nano-malts and nano-brews
4. AMBA white paper

The flavor 6-pack

The Flavor 6-pack

The World Core
The Full Pint Occurrence
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

Bells, Firestone-Walker, New Glarus, Russian River, Sierra Nevada,

Summit

http://barleyworld.org/breeding-genetics/tcap/beer-flavor

The World Core

The World Core

The Full Pint Occurrence
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

2062 grown
709 harvested

114 malted (Rahr)

Wort sensory and analysis in progress (Sierra Nevada)

The Full Pint Occurrence

The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The Full Pint Occurrence

BCD47 and AMBA
The BISON
Check for the TCAP World Core
Tom Nielsen, Sierra Nevada
Full Pint is very fermentable and had a very nice
extract Full Pint wort also tasted very good, pre and
post boiled. I picked up a very pleasant and strong
fresh salted popcorn note. A very positive clean
sweetness as well, with no harshness or
astringency The fermented Full Pint beer was clean,
slightly estery, a bit tart and bready.

The Full Pint Occurrence

Scott Sayer and Colorado Malting Company
Tim Matthews, Oskar Blues
Salty caramel popcorn and sweet agape nectar
Scott Sayer and Briess

The Full Pint

Occurrence
The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The Full Pint Occurrence

The Full Pint Occurrence

The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

Dave Kuske and Briess

Batch2isinthelabrightnow preliminaryresultslook
awesome! Wegotthecolorupto2.0LandtheBeta
Glucan downfrom200+firstbatchtoabout110onthis
batch theflavorandaromahavemuchmoremalty
characterandthesweetnessandextramouthfeelonthe
wort carriedthrough.
Seth Klann and Mecca Grade
OSU variety release

The 3 x 3
Variables:
3 varieties: Full Pint, Klages, Metcalfe
3 locations: Corvallis, Saskatoon, St. Paul
Assessments:
Nano-brew at New Glarus
Wort sensory and analytics at Sierra Nevada

The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The 3 x 3
Nano-brew at New Glarus

The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The 3 x 3
Wort sensory and analytics at Sierra Nevada
1.0=Excellent,Superior:
2.0=AboveAverage,VeryGood:
3.0=Average,Good:
4.0=Fair,NeedsImprovement:

Malty,Sweet,Clean,Nooffflavor
SLMalty,SLSweet,Weak,SLGrainy,SLHusky
SLBitter,Dusty,Grainy,Papery,Chaffy
SLEarthy,SLMusty,SLGreen,SLGrassy

The 3 x 3
The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The 3x
Variables
3 varieties: Copeland, Full Pint, Klages
1 production environment: Herb Farm, Lebanon Oregon
1 malt environment: Canadian Malting Barley Technical Center
Assessments:
New Glarus: brewing and beer sensory
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics
Beer sensory this afternoon at the BIC

The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The 3x
Assessments:
New Glarus: brewing and beer sensory
Ratingscale: 0 1.99(Poor),2 2.99(BelowAverage),3 3.99(Good),4 5(Excellent)

Malt
Type
Copeland
FullPint
Klages

Foam
quality
2.84
3.21
2.84

Bitterness/
sweetness
quality
3.54
3.35
3.08

Astringency
Finishing
quality
Graininess smoothness
3.39
3.25
3.13

3.34
2.91
2.85

3.69
3.66
3.44

Overall
qualityrating
3.58
3.63
2.88

The 3x
Assessments:
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics

Overall Difference
Attribute
No Difference
Very Slight Difference
Slight Difference
Moderate Difference
ModerateLarge Difference
Large Difference
Very Large Difference

# votes
0
0
2
4
3
2
0

The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The 3x
Assessments:
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics

The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

The 3x
Assessments:
Sierra Nevada: brewing, beer sensory, and analytics
Variety
Copeland

FullPint
Klages

The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

Descriptors
Grainy,grassy,bland,v.s.toasty,sl.fruity
Fruity,freshpineapple,v.sl. rootbeer,v.sl.grahamcracker,later
character,lessmaltythanother2
Estery,grassy,fruity,heavymouthfeel,sl. grainy
Sl.nutty,aboutSummerfest maltiness,sl.grainy/grassy
Sl.clove,flavorful,heavymouthfeel,fruity,full,sl.metallic,
minty,spicy,bright
Initialsl.vinegar,loweraroma,slightlygrassy,more
watery/blandtaste

The 3x
There are differences
There are differential preferences
Descriptors are intriguing
Beer sensory this afternoon at the BIC
El Pueblo Room 5:30 6:00

The 3 x
Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

Next steps

Next steps
The bigger picture
Implications
Malt data

Oregon Promise
Full Pint/Golden Promise doubled haploids (DH)
Genotyping
Nano-brew and 3 locations
Oregon Otter
Full Pint/Maris Otter DH
Genotyping
Phenotyping pipeline
Full Stein
Full Pint/Violetta DH
Genotyping
Phenotyping pipeline

The bigger picture

The bigger picture

Implications
Malt data

Variety: Genetics, Management, Climate, Biotic and Abiotic

stresses
Malting: Time, Temperature, Moisture
Brewing: Hops, Water, Yeast, Adjuncts, Time, Temperature
Consumer: Awareness, Willingness
Micro-flora, Micro-fauna, Storage, Transport

Variety

The bigger picture

Implications
Malt data

J. Mallet, 2014. Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse

~ 400 malts produced by ~ 20 maltings
4 varieties specified in 12 malts
Maris Otter, Golden Promise, Halcyon, Pipkin
Full Pint: Carries its weight or just another Vuitton?
Terroir at any price?

Malting

The bigger picture

Implications
Malt data

Micro malting: Meaningful for flavor?

Pilot malting: Where and how?
Commercial malting: Procrustean bed vs. personalized
mattress experience?

Consumer
Aware?
Willing?

The bigger picture

Implications
Malt data

Brewing

The bigger picture

Implications
Malt data

The malt COA: Pole star, compass, or map?

Who needs/wants what/when/where/and what for?

Implications
Malt data

Implications

The perfect experiment: produce, malt, and brew all

varieties optimally

Pilot malting and beer flavor assessment: still the

bottlenecks

Markets, yields, and prices: does barley flavor cost or pay?

Research investments: ranking priorities

Flavor genetics alternatives:

Understand and breed
Understand

Engineering flavor?

Acknowledgements
The Flavor 6-pack
American Malting Barley Association
Busch Agricultural Resources
Great Western Malting
Oregon Wheat Commission

Malt data

Malt data