Burtonize
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the English town of Burton upon Trent, known for pale ales brewed from water rich in mineral salts, + -ize.
Verb
[edit]Burtonize (third-person singular simple present Burtonizes, present participle Burtonizing, simple past and past participle Burtonized)
- (chiefly brewing) To enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.
- 1897, The Mining Engineer, page 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.
- 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 [...]
- 2018, Roger Protz, IPA: A legend in our time, →ISBN:
- 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, [...]