The way I understand it, is that adjunct is a non-malted ingredient but
To me an Adjunct is just as it sounds, you are adding junk to your recipe to replace an essential ingredient, usually to save on cost as the BMC breweries do.
An Additive is just that, you are adding other, extra ingredients to the recipe to add character such as coriander and orange peels to a Belgian Wit.
If I cut the malt and add sugar to maintain my ABV then I am adding adjuncts.
But if I keep the malt bill the same and add sugar to bump up my ABV then I am adding an additives.
I would guess that back in the day Belgian candi sugar/syrup was an adjunct for limited grain access and today it is an additive because it is an essential ingredient to the style.
Even the rice and corn added to BMC, I would consider to be an additive because it is an essential part of what makes this style of Light Lager, but it originally started as an adjunct to cut cost.
What are your thoughts?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adjunct?s=t
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/additive?s=t
To me an Adjunct is just as it sounds, you are adding junk to your recipe to replace an essential ingredient, usually to save on cost as the BMC breweries do.
An Additive is just that, you are adding other, extra ingredients to the recipe to add character such as coriander and orange peels to a Belgian Wit.
If I cut the malt and add sugar to maintain my ABV then I am adding adjuncts.
But if I keep the malt bill the same and add sugar to bump up my ABV then I am adding an additives.
I would guess that back in the day Belgian candi sugar/syrup was an adjunct for limited grain access and today it is an additive because it is an essential ingredient to the style.
Even the rice and corn added to BMC, I would consider to be an additive because it is an essential part of what makes this style of Light Lager, but it originally started as an adjunct to cut cost.
What are your thoughts?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adjunct?s=t
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/additive?s=t