Author: Lakshman Prabhakar
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Starch Chemistry
To have a full appreciation of grains, it is vital that you begin to appreciate their value to society. We use grains to make food, drinks, fuel and much more. The value in grain is in its stored energy, in the form of starches. Starches are an excellent energy storage molecule, taking sugars produced via…
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Sugars and Their Forms
To have a full appreciation of grains, it is vital that you begin to appreciate their value to society. We use grains to make food, drinks, fuel and much more. The value in grain is in it’s stored energy, in the form of starches. Starches are an excellent energy storage molecule, taking sugars produced via…
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What’s in a Grain?
We all know what grains are, how to mash, ferment and distill them, but what is really in a grain, and why don’t spirits by any other grain taste the same? To begin, a cereal grain is simply the seed of a grass that has been selectively bred over thousands of years to be a…