John Long
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Simple question: what does 2-row mean?
2-row?
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Mutilated1
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Its a kind of barley. If you look at a picture of the grain on a stalk of barley the little kernals of grain will either be organized in 2 rows or in 6 rows. If the barley has its grain in 2 rows, well then its 2-row barley.
Barley can be divided by the number of kernel rows in the head. Three forms have been cultivated; two-row barley, four-row and six-row. In two-row barley only one spikelet is fertile, in the four-row and six-row forms, all three are fertile.
Two-row barley is the oldest form, wild barley having two rows as well. Two-row barley has a lower protein content than six-row barley and thus a lower enzyme content. High protein barley is best suited for animal feed or malt that will be used to make beers with a large adjunct content. Two-row barley is traditionally used in English beers, Six-row barley is traditional in German and American beers. Four-row is unsuitable for brewing.
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Two-row barley is the oldest form, wild barley having two rows as well. Two-row barley has a lower protein content than six-row barley and thus a lower enzyme content. High protein barley is best suited for animal feed or malt that will be used to make beers with a large adjunct content. Two-row barley is traditionally used in English beers, Six-row barley is traditional in German and American beers. Four-row is unsuitable for brewing.
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