Use to replace the idea that malt percentage alone determines fermentable extract.
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Bathgate summarizes malt conversion as a sequence: starch granules are modified during malting, several diastatic enzymes can survive mild kilning, and mashing temperature changes both gelatinization and the sugars or dextrins produced.
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Opening synthesis
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Bathgate summarizes malt conversion as a sequence: starch granules are modified during malting, several diastatic enzymes can survive mild kilning, and mashing temperature changes both gelatinization and the sugars or dextrins produced.
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Locator: Page 1–1
Source section: Opening synthesis
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Interpretation and caution
Use to replace the idea that malt percentage alone determines fermentable extract.
Verification
Paraphrase checked against local PDF sheet 1 on 2026-09-05; not presented as a verbatim quotation.