Brewing with Sorghum

A Comprehensive Guide to Sorghum Beer

Steve Carly Desobgo Zangue

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443340086
• Subtopic: Food Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Brewing with Sorghum: A Comprehensive Guide to Sorghum Beer offers a one-stop shop for readers to learn about all aspects of this high-potential product. The entire process from malting sorghum to producing beer is addressed, as well as the fundamentals and theories of the process, the methods and procedures for malting sorghum, and the enzymatic alterations that take place during the malting process. The steps involved in making sorghum beer: mashing, saccharification, boiling wort, fermentation, filtration, packaging, and storage, are also covered, as well as sensory evaluation and quality control methods. Moving from background and foundational information into practical content, this book will be useful to users of various levels of knowledge and familiarity with the topic. Case studies and brand success stories, as well as information on process improvement and best practices are included throughout. Food and beverage researchers from academic, industry, and governmental settings will benefit from this resource. - Contextualizes sorghum in brewing with cultural relevance, historical background, and current research - Guides readers through the sorghum beer production process, from malting sorghum to packing and storage - Highlights the significance of quality control and tackles key challenges in the brewing of sorghum beer - Examines the most recent developments, technological breakthroughs, and market trends in the brewing of sorghum beer, offering insights into the industry's future outlook

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1. Introduction to sorghum beer
• Chapter 2. Sorghum as a raw material
• Chapter 3. Malting process for sorghum beer production
• Chapter 4. Brewing process for sorghum beer
• Chapter 5. Sorghum beer brewing: Traditional practices, regional variations, and modern perspectives
• Chapter 6. Quality control and sensory evaluation
• Chapter 7. Microbiology and safety considerations
• Chapter 8. Innovations and future trends in sorghum beer production
• Chapter 9. Case studies and success stories
• Chapter 10. Conclusion and future directions
• Index