


On enlève les radicelles car elles sont riches en protéines. Et qui dit excès de protéine, dit excès de mousse, voire explosion de bouteilles...

Foam
In most beer styles, malt is the primary source of beer foam proteins and polypeptides. In beer, these materials are cross-linked by hop-derived iso-alpha-acids, which are in turn bound to divalent metal ions, to give a stable three-dimensional structure around bubbles of CO2 gas.
The identity of these malt-derived foam proteins has been much debated, especially the point of whether they differ from those involved in haze production. As yet there is no definite agreement. However, the consensus appears to be: (i) Foam proteins have a range of sizes, though protein fractions with molecular masses of 40,000, and 8,000 – 18,000 play an important role; (ii) They are amphipathic: that is, they have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. The hydrophobic properties of the foam proteins are particularly important; (iii) Substituent groups on the foam proteins (eg sugar residues) may be important.



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