Determining the Physical Characteristics of Milled Rice
       
  What is brewer's rice and how is it created?  
  Define brewer's rice and relate this term to the procedure for measuring its percentage in milled rice.  
     
What is
brewer's rice?
 

Brewer's rice refers to the small pieces of broken rice that remain after the milling process is complete. As the name implies, brewer’s rice is often used as ingredient for beer brewing. In rural areas, brewer’s rice has a variety of uses and is commonly ground into rice flour.

 
   

 

To view the procedure and accompanying worksheet for measuring the percentage of brewer's rice in a sample of milled grain, click here.

 
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  In the next lesson, you will learn the procedure for measuring the percentage of damaged grains in a sample of milled rice.