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Title:

Monitoring terpene profiles in beer as a response to hopping conditions

Agreement Number:

EGP

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 7, 2018 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

British Columbia, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q4-01939

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Wulff, Jeremy (University of Victoria)

Program:

Engage Grants for universities

Program Purpose:

Terpenes are flavour molecules that provide much of the characteristic aroma of rich "hoppy" beers.x000D
Humulones (together with isomeric species called isohumulones) are a related class of flavour molecules thatx000D
impart much of the desirable bitterness. Both classes of molecules come from hops, and indeed these moleculesx000D
are the reason that hops are added during the brewing process.x000D
The present application seeks funds to support a collaboration between Red Arrow Brewery (Duncan BC) andx000D
the Wulff research group at the University of Victoria. The project will aim to characterize the distribution ofx000D
hop-derived terpenes and humulones in Red Arrow's Sweet Leaf IPA, and to better understand how thesex000D
terpene profiles (as well as pH and other parameters) change in response to various brewing conditions. Thisx000D
work will be predominantly carried out by a UVic co-op student jointly supervised by Prof. Wulff and the headx000D
Brewmaster at Red Arrow, Chris Gress.x000D
It is expected that at the end of this project, Red Arrow will be able to better control the pH of their finalx000D
product while maximizing desirable flavours and more efficiently deploying hops, which currently make Sweetx000D
Leaf IPA the most expensive beer produced at the brewery.