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Offline jaicmac

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Potato beer
« on: October 21, 2010, 06:20:00 pm »
I want to find the temperature range for gelatinization of potato starch. Can you help?
Thanks

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Re: Potato beer
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2010, 06:33:38 pm »
I want to find the temperature range for gelatinization of potato starch. Can you help?
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Found the following but it's for sweet potatoes:  "These results suggested that rapid heating of sweet potato mashes to 80°C may be optimal for starch conversion and handling of sweet potato mashes prepared for ethanolic fermentation."

From http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1986.tb11131.x/abstract
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Re: Potato beer
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2010, 06:40:47 pm »
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Re: Potato beer
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2010, 07:36:49 pm »
My microwave has a button for that.

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Re: Potato beer
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2010, 08:48:27 am »
I made a sweet potato alt last year.  I boiled the potatoes before adding them to the mash.