July 2022

Optimisation of malting of Cameroonian rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars for beer production

The aim of this study was to determine the optimum malting conditions, for rice beer production, of seven cultivars of local rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivated in the North and Far North Regions of Cameroon. Characteristic tests prior to malting (thousand corn weight, germinative energy, germinative capacity and starch content) of the cultivars (NL36, NL56, ITA306, ITA300, BKN, IR46, NL60) were determined using...

Author(s): Ambindei Wilson Agwanande, Dibengue Dibengue Jacques Florentin, Ndasi Ngwasiri Pride, Afek Acha Anne, Sidsi Bienvenu and Nso Emmanuel Jong