Quality assessment of different sorghum varieties for their brewing potential

Journal of the Institute of Brewing

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Ogu, E O ^a   Odibo, F J C ^b   Agu, R C ^c   Palmer, G H ^c  

^a ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial enzymes; Mashing temperature; Sorghum; Sugar profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748310521     PISSN: 00469750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2006.tb00241.x     Document Type: Article

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