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Sorgamyl

CBS Customized Brewing Solutions Sorgamyl is a mixture of vegetal and fungal maltogenic amylases (EC 3.2.1.1). Sorgamyl is able to produce high levels of maltose by saccharifying sorghum starch using a conventional brewing material.

Brand: Sorgamyl (1 products)

Ingredient Name: Maltogenic Amylase

Functions: Enzyme

Physical Form: Powder, Solid

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Identification & Functionality

Enzyme Type
Ingredient Name
Food Ingredients Functions
Ingredients
Maltogenic Amylase
Technologies

Features & Benefits

Food Ingredients Features
Purposes
  • To increase the brewery extract yield when mashing raw and/or malted sorghum using a conventional brewing house and process.
  • To increase the final apparent attenuation of the wort resulting from raw and/or malted sorghum mashing.
  • To increase the total sugars content.
  • To improve the sugar profile increasing the ratio maltose/glucose.

Applications & Uses

Properties

Physical Form
Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Temperature60 - 65°C-
Optimum pH Value4.5 - 6.5--

Technical Details & Test Data

Technical Data

Example 1:

Variety Fara Fara SK 5912
Sorgamyl 0.05 % w/w Without 0.05 % w/w Without
Extract Yield (%) 87.4 65.2 87.1 62.1
Final Apparent Attenuation (%) 87.1 62.1 88.6 57.4
Total Sugars (g/100 ml) (Given for a 12°P Wort) 9.1 6.4 9.3 5.9
Maltose () 48.4 37.9 51.4 36.4
Glucose (%) 17.9 39 13.2 42.9
Free Amino Nitrogen (ppm) 260 260 200 200
Filtration Rate Normal Slow Normal Slow

 

  • Effects of the addition of Sorgamyl (0.05% w/w) to two samples of malted sorghum during mashing. The samples are two well-known Nigerian varieties.
  • As shown in Example 1, using malted sorghum, Sorgamyl (0.05% w/w) allows to obtain with a short conventional mashing process (maximum 2 hours) a wort composition similar or better than a common malt wort.
  • The free amino nitrogen level and the filtration rate are a function of the malting process but the filtration rate can be enhanced by the use of Sorgamyl.
  • Maltose concentration can be increased using greater amounts of Sorgamyl.
  • The use of raw instead of malted sorghum has many advantages like no mold growth, no malting losses, normal wort filtration rate and avoids the typical raspberry-like flavor imparted to the beer by malted sorghum.

Example 2:

  • Effects of the addition of Sorgamyl and a liquefying enzyme (Liquamyl) at two levels to 100% raw sorghum during mashing (same mashing process as for example 1).
Sorgamyl     0.2% (w/w)
Liquamyl T 0.05% (w/w) 0.2% (w/w) 0.2% (w/w)
Sorgainase 0.05% (w/w) 0.2% (w/w) 0.3% (w/w)
Extract Yield (%) 78.8 80.9 82.1
Final Apparent Attenuation % 81.1 98.5 98.6
Total sugars (g/100 ml)* 8.1 10.5 10.4
Maltose (%) 52.5 65.3 65.4
Maltotriose (%) 43 19.6 19.3
Glucose (%) 3.7 13.1 13.5
Kolbach 17.6 17.6 28.3
Free Amino Nitrogen (ppm) (Given for a 12°P Wort) 30 30 141
Filtration rate Normal Normal Normal

 

  • Raw sorghum does not give the required free amino level for the fermentation.
  • It can be adjusted using Sorgainase.