Grains/Milling
What are corn, rye, malt, and/or wheat?
Two benefits to using backset in bourbon production
What are yeast nutrition, flavor development, Fermentable sugars, Oils and minerals to help viscosity, Water savings ?
The four phases of yeast growth
The flavor compounds extracted from fermented beer through distillation
What are congeners?
The by-product generated in the dryhouse process composed of water, oils, and biological materials
What is bio-condensate?
The fungus often tested and found in rye grains
What is ergot?
The two primary enzymes that break down dextrins into fermentable sugars
What are alpha amylase and glucoamylase?
The main yeast species used in distillation processes
The ratio of recondensed liquid falling back down the tower to the amount of distillate being produced
What is the reflux ratio?
Distillers dried grains (DDGs) are highly sought after from farmers due to their richness in _____
What is Protein?
The amount of corn required in recipe to be called bourbon
What is 51%?
The three primary fermentable sugars produced in the cooking process
What are glucose, fructose, and maltose?
The chemical produced by yeast as a coping mechanism due to high osmotic stress
What is glycerol?
One benefit to using copper in the distillation process
The possible reduction in ethyl carbamate (EC) production, The catalysation of esterification reactions, The removal of hydrogen sulphide
The dryhouse process starts with centrifugation in order to separate ______.
Suspended solids from dissolved solids in liquid
The primary purpose of milling to expose starches in the grains is to increase ____
What is surface area?
The process of dissolving grains into water at specific temperature to expose available starches for enzymes
What is gelatinization?
Three nutritional requirements for good yeast fermentation performance
What are nitrogen (FAN and YAN), iron, zinc, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, fatty acids?
The process of distillation is successful due to its theory of separating alcohol based off its ______ to other compounds, such as water
What metal should be monitored for its concentration in the final DDGs product to its potential harm it can caust to livestock?
What is Copper?
The instrument ______ is used to analyze the distribution of flour, fine grits, coarse grits, and husks to generate meal distribution performance from the hammer mill
What is sieve shaker?
The process of alpha-amylase enzyme acting on gelatinized starch
What is Liquefaction?
The key element to aiding in synthesis of higher alcohols and esters for flavor development in fermentation
Nitrogen (free amino and yeast assimable)
Bubble cap trays are used above the feed tray for this reason
To increase surface area contact with copper and help rising vapors condense inside the still to purify distillate
Based off the assumption that raw corn grains have a lower protein content than that of rye or malt, which Bulleit mashbill would we expect to demonstrate higher yielding protein % in the DDGS?
What is SB (36% rye)?