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He was saying I shouldn't feel bad about not knowing the brew store would have alpha amylase for sale because there is not much call for it. An all wheat beer would be one reason for searching it out.

I just had a realization. In brewing, alpha amylase functions around 150-165F. In the tobacco study, it functions at 42C. I didn't realize this was significantly cooler until I did the conversion; 42C is only 107.6F. Here is the study...

Thanks guys, You both answered my question and gave me another option. After brewing for 15 years, you'd think I would know they had amylase at the brew shop. I just picked some up.

I recently read a research paper on flue curing of tobacco, where they proved that during the flue curing process, alpha amylase breaks down the starches and maltose in the tobacco into fructose and glucose. This process decreases the starch content from 57% to 22% at 42 degrees Celcius over 72...