Y. LI (1), R. McCaig (1); (1) Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Malt
Wednesday, June 4 - 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Level 4, Red Lacquer Ballroom
Currently AC Metcalfe and CDC Copeland are the two dominant malting
barley varieties grown on prairies in Canada. These two varieties occupy
over 60% of the farmland used for malting barley production on the
prairies; together these two varieties have successfully replaced the
well-known and very popular Harrington variety, which in the past
dominated malting barley production in Canada for over 20 years.
Although domestic and overseas malting and brewing companies are
satisfied with the quality and process performance offered by AC
Metcalfe and CDC Copeland, these two varieties are facing some
challenges caused by several newly developed two-rowed, six-rowed, and
hull-less malting varieties that offer better yield, improved disease
resistance, and better overall agronomic performance. Certainly farmers
would prefer to grow these newer barley varieties, but maltsters and
brewers in general have shown a delayed interest in using newer barley
varieties. This may be due to limited information on the malting and
brewing performance of those newer varieties, as well as the fact that
they are not readily available to maltsters and brewers, leaving little
encouragement to include new barley varieties in production. During the
past 10 years, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has
been studying newly developed malting barley varieties registered in
Canada. These studies examine the malting and brewing characteristics
and quality of end-products of new barley varieties. Evaluation of these
new barley varieties includes testing against AC Metcalfe and CDC
Copeland as controls in micro-malting, pilot-malting, and pilot-brewing
trials. Test results generated in these studies indicate that newer
malting barley varieties did not require any special processing
conditions, and the malts and beers produced showed overall quality
better than or equal to those produced from AC Metcalfe and CDC Copeland
barley varieties. The CMBTC’s evaluation suggests that quality malt and
beer can be produced from these new varieties of barley, as required by
the malting and brewing industries.
Yueshu Li joined the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre in 2000
and is the centre’s director of malting technology. Previously, he was
senior technical consultant for malting barley in the Market Development
Department of the Canadian Wheat Board. Yueshu has held several senior
research and management positions in the malting industry in both North
America and China, including Prairie Malt Limited, Canada Malting,
Schreier Malting, USA, and CUC Nanjing Malt Limited, PRC. Yueshu
completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in China and holds a Ph.D.
degree in plant physiology and ecology from the University of
Saskatchewan.
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