Meaning of Burtonize | Babel Free

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To enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.

Examples

“... 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.”

“[...] 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 [...]”

“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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