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, + -ize.

Verb

Burtonize (third-person singular simple present Burtonizes, present participle Burtonizing, simple past and past participle Burtonized)

  1. (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, [...]

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