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Effect of Germination Temperatures on Proteolysis of the Gluten-Free Grains Rice and Buckwheat during Malting and Mashing by Agu, R. C, Chiba, Y, Goodfellow, V, MacKinlay, J, Brosnan, J. M, Bringhurst, T. A, Jack, F. R, Harrison, B, Pearson, S. Y, Bryce, J. H

“…This study examined the performance of rice and buckwheat when malted under various temperature conditions and for different lengths of time. The mashed malts…”
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Effect of Germination Temperatures on Proteolysis of the Gluten-Free Grains Sorghum and Millet during Malting and Mashing by Chiba, Y, Bryce, J. H, Goodfellow, V, MacKinlay, J, Agu, R. C, Brosnan, J. M, Bringhurst, T. A, Harrison, B

“…Our study showed that sorghum and millet followed a similar pattern of changes when they were malted under similar conditions. When the malt from these cereals…”
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Influence of Corn Size Distribution on the Diastatic Power of Malted Barley and Its Impact on Other Malt Quality Parameters by Agu, R. C, Brosnan, J. M, Bringhurst, T. A, Palmer, G. H, Jack, F. R

“…Detailed studies were carried out on the influence of corn size distribution on the values obtained for diastatic power (DP) of commercially malted barley…”
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Production of grain whisky and ethanol from wheat, maize and other cereals by Agu, R.C, Bringhurst, T.A, Brosnan, J.M

“…Wheat replaced maize as the main cereal raw material for Scotch grain whisky production 20 years ago. However, other cereals might also have potential for use…”
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Predicting Alcohol Yield from UK Soft Winter Wheat for Grain Distilling: Combined Influence of Hardness and Nitrogen Measurements by Agu, R.C, Swanston, J.S, Walker, J.W, Pearson, S.Y, Bringhurst, T.A, Brosnan, J.M, Jack, F.R

“…ABSTRACT The work reported in this paper showed that whilst grain nitrogen is a key player in determining the alcohol yield obtained from soft winter wheat,…”
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Some Relationships Between Malted Barleys of Different Nitrogen Levels and the Wort Properties by Agu, R.C.

“…ABSTRACT Barleys containing different levels of total nitrogen seem to have similar initial patterns for endosperm modification during malting. The higher…”
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A Comparison of Maize, Sorghum and Barley as Brewing Adjuncts by Agu, R. C.

“…ABSTRACT Sorghum and maize adjunct, at a 5 to 20% level, resulted in a decrease of extract recovery, solubilisation of nitrogen, and production of free amino…”
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A reassessment of sorghum for lager-beer brewing by Agu, R.C., Palmer, G.H.

“…The out-of-steep moisture of sorghum is lower than expected (33–36%), but is adequate for enzymic modification of endosperm substrates of sorghum, producing…”
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Quality assessment of different sorghum varieties for their brewing potential by Ogu, E.O, Odibo, F.J.C, Agu, R.C, Palmer, G.H

“…ABSTRACT Four sorghum varieties (SK 5912, KSV 4, KSV 8, ICSV 400) were malted and extracted under similar conditions to assess their quality for brewing. The…”
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The Effect of Nitrogen Level on the Performance of Malting Barley Varieties during Germination by Agu, R. C., Palmer, G. H.

“…The malting characteristics of high and low nitrogen barleys were compared. Results confirmed that low nitrogen facilitates malting rate and extract…”
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Effect of steeping and germination time on malting performance of Nigerian white and yellow maize varieties by Eneje, L.O., Ogu, E.O., Aloh, C.U., Odibo, F.J.C., Agu, R.C., Palmer, G.H.

“…Two maize varieties studied showed that the yellow maize variety had a better malting performance than the white maize variety. The yellow maize variety had…”
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Pattern of Nitrogen Distribution in Barley Grains Grown in the Field by Agu, R.C., Palmer, G.H.

“…ABSTRACT Single grain analysis showed that barley grains synthesized different levels of total nitrogen during development in a commercial field of barley. The…”
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Effect of milling and mashing procedures on millet ( Pennisetum maiwa) malt wort properties by Eneje, L.O, Obiekezie, S.O, Aloh, C.U, Agu, R.C

“…Millet ( Pennisetum maiwa) was malted for 5 days and mashed using the infusion, double-decoction and decantation mashing methods. Highest extract recovery was…”
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Production of malt extract and beer from Nigerian sorghum varieties by Odibo, F.J.C, Nwankwo, L.N, Agu, R.C

“…Two sorghum varieties were studied with a view to producing wort and evaporated wort (extract), in the form that the extract could keep for a longer period and…”
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The effect of temperature on the modification of sorghum and barley during malting by Agu, R.C., Palmer, G.H.

“…Comparative studies of germinated sorghum and barley revealed that both cereals developed similar levels of hydrolytic enzymes especially when assessed as…”
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Effect of malting time, mashing temperature and added commercial enzymes on extract recovery from a Nigerian malted yellow sorghum variety by Ndubisi, C. F., Okafor, E. T., Amadi, O. C., Nwagu, T. N., Okolo, B. N., Moneke, A. N., Odibo, F. J. C., Okoro, P. M., Agu, R. C.

“…Preliminary microbiological studies carried out on sorghum grains showed that the major microorganisms found were mainly bacteria and that aflatoxin‐producing…”
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Enzymic breakdown of endosperm proteins of sorghum at different malting temperatures by Agu, R.C, Palmer, G.H

“…Enzymic breakdown of endosperm proteins of sorghum was more effective at 20 degrees C than at 25 degrees C and 30 degrees C, as regards total protein…”
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Variation, across environments within the UK, in grain protein and grain hardness, in wheat varieties of differing distilling quality by Swanston, J.S., Smith, P.L., Agu, R.C., Brosnan, J.M., Bringhurst, T.A., Jack, F.R.

“…► We studied variety, site, year and fertiliser effects on wheat protein and hardness. ► Varieties differed in stability across environments for these traits…”
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Effect of mashing with commercial enzymes on the properties of sorghum worts by Agu, R.C, Palmer, G.H

“…Comparative mashing trials of sorghum showed that the enzyme complex used to convert raw sorghum in brewing produced different levels of protein breakdown but…”
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Combined heat treatment and acid hydrolysis of cassava grate waste (CGW) biomass for ethanol production by Agu, R.C., Amadife, A.E., Ude, C.M., Onyia, A., Ogu, E.O., Okafor, M., Ezejiofor, E.

“…The effect of combined heat treatment and acid hydrolysis (various concentrations) on cassava grate waste (CGW) biomass for ethanol production was…”
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