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L 34<br />

Brewing properties of new German<br />

hop varieties<br />

L 35<br />

Fusarium and mycotoxins in barley<br />

from monitoring to risk management<br />

in France<br />

L 36<br />

Development of a rapid and sensitive<br />

multi-residue method to determine<br />

pesticides in hops and hop<br />

products<br />

Adrian Forster 1<br />

1HVG e.G., Wolnzach, Germany<br />

Alain Froment 1<br />

1Syngenta, Guyancourt, France<br />

Martin Biendl 1<br />

1Hopsteiner HHV GmbH, Mainburg, Germany<br />

DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC:<br />

After registration, new hop varieties are<br />

mostly evaluated favourably regarding <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

brewing properties although systematic trials<br />

are missing. This is also <strong>the</strong> case <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> four<br />

new German breedings, <strong>the</strong> so called “flavour<br />

hops”.<br />

Crop 2012 is <strong>the</strong> first crop to provide new hop<br />

varieties from mature plants. These can be<br />

used to conduct brewing trials against established<br />

varieties with brews of 2 hl and include<br />

<strong>the</strong> following areas:<br />

1. General brewing properties are analysed,<br />

particularly <strong>the</strong> influence on bitterness and<br />

taste of <strong>the</strong> beers.<br />

2. Late dosages during wort boiling are intended<br />

to show <strong>the</strong> qualifications of <strong>the</strong> varieties<br />

<strong>for</strong> a late-hop-aroma.<br />

3. The characteristics of varieties in dry-hopped<br />

beers are to be evaluated as well.<br />

Apart from analytical characterisation of all<br />

hop-relevant ingredients in beers, a sensorial<br />

evaluation will be done, too. Here, a focus<br />

will also be on <strong>the</strong> stability of late and dry hop<br />

aroma.<br />

DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC:<br />

Because of possible harmfull effects mycotoxins<br />

are more and more monitored and regulated<br />

all around <strong>the</strong> world. Fusarium may<br />

be toxins producer but also impacting <strong>the</strong><br />

grain quality. In order to estimate <strong>the</strong> level of<br />

contamination in barley, Syngenta organized<br />

in France a large field survey since 2005. Agronomic<br />

practices and climatic data of more<br />

than 2500 farmer fields were listed. Mycotoxins<br />

were analysed by HPLC on grain samples<br />

representative of each field. Main types of<br />

Fusarium were quantified on some samples<br />

of grain. This database allowed to assess <strong>the</strong><br />

agronomic risk management since 2008. A<br />

<strong>for</strong>ecasting model including climatic data is<br />

under development to predict <strong>the</strong> risk of <strong>the</strong><br />

year <strong>for</strong> T2-HT2 toxins be<strong>for</strong>e harvesting.<br />

DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC:<br />

Hop growers carefully balance between combating<br />

pests and pathogens and producing a<br />

crop that can pass <strong>the</strong> import tolerances or<br />

maximum residue limits (MRLs) established<br />

by <strong>the</strong> various countries to which hops are exported.<br />

To control MRL´s <strong>the</strong> official standard<br />

methods <strong>for</strong> analysing different crops cannot<br />

be applied to hops due to <strong>the</strong> more complex<br />

matrix of this plant (e.g. high content of resins).<br />

Modified residue methods <strong>for</strong> hops are<br />

rarely published. In <strong>the</strong> current study, a suitable<br />

rapid method was developed to determine<br />

<strong>the</strong> residue levels of more than 40 pesticides<br />

in hop cones and hop products (pellets, extracts).<br />

This method utilizes liquid extraction,<br />

solid phase extraction, and finally gas chromatography<br />

(GC) or liquid chromatography<br />

(LC) each combined with mass spectrometry<br />

(MS). In hops and hop pellets a limit of quantification<br />

(LOQ) of 0.1 mg/kg (ppm) could be<br />

achieved <strong>for</strong> all active ingredients. In hop extracts<br />

<strong>the</strong> LOQ´s are a factor of 2-5 higher.<br />

Adrian Forster<br />

Alain Froment<br />

Martin Biendl<br />

Adrian Forster (born in 1942) attended <strong>the</strong><br />

Technical University Munich / Weihenstephan<br />

(1966 brewing engineer) and obtained a Ph.D.<br />

degree in brewing science in 1972. 1969 -<br />

1973 scientist 1973 - 2003 managing director<br />

of <strong>the</strong> world‘s leading hop extraction and hop<br />

pellet plant with responsibilities in research.<br />

Forster has published hop-related topics extensively<br />

and is currently a hop consultant.<br />

Agronomist Food Chain Manager.Syngenta<br />

France<br />

Martin Biendl received a Ph.D. degree in organic<br />

chemistry from Regensburg University<br />

in 1990. He is head of <strong>the</strong> R&D/Analytical<br />

Department at <strong>the</strong> German branch of <strong>the</strong><br />

Hopsteiner group. His research experience is<br />

in <strong>the</strong> field of hop-related needs <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> brewing<br />

industry and beyond. Since 2001 he is <strong>the</strong><br />

chairman of <strong>the</strong> Hops Subcommittee in <strong>the</strong><br />

EBC Analysis Committee. As EBC representative<br />

he is also co-chairman of <strong>the</strong> International<br />

Hop Standards Committee.<br />

35 34 TH EBC CONGRESS · LUXEMBOURG 26 – 30 MAY 2013

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