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Burtonize
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English
Etymology
From the English town of Burton upon Trent, known for pale ales brewed from water rich in mineral salts, + en -ize.
Verb
en chiefly brewing To enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.
en 1897 The Mining Engineer 112 ... of many thousand gallons of Burtonized water being daily pumped up from the beds, and allowed to run off without being applied to any special purpose.
en 1952 Journal of the Institute of Brewing Great Britain [...] producing a more acid beer; adding hydrochloric or sulphuric or lactic acid simultaneously removes carbonates and "Burtonizes" the water. Acidifying wort by adding acidic malt and acidic malt extract to the copper changes buffering only [...]
en 2018 Roger Protz IPA: A legend in our time 9781911595519 It has a pale chestnut colour with a herbal, spicy and fresh tobacco aroma with rye bread malt and a powerful sulphur note: the brewing water is Burtonized. The palate is bittersweet with rich biscuit malt, [...]
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