Testing Services
Barley and Malt must meet strict quality criteria to work for various industries, whether it be the Maltster wanting to make barley into a value added malt, or a brewer wanting to craft a beverage from the malt. Tight specifications of barley and malt are established to ensure good final product quality. Our lab provides convenient, reliable, and affordable testing of the various barley and malt aspects helping to determine selectability of barley for malt and malt for brewing.
Please See Testing Packages Listed Below!
Sample Submission:
Please complete the corresponding form: sampling, shipping & payment instructions are on the forms
Testing Service Agreement:
Parties wishing to submit samples to the MSU Malt Quality Lab must review and sign a Testing Service Agreement
Online Payment Portal:
Testing Options:
Grain Quality Testing
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| Test | Price |
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Selection Package: -Moisture, protein, plumpness, kernel weight, germination energy, falling number, and DON |
$100/sample |
| Grain Moisture & Protein Content | $15/sample |
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Germination Characteristics -Germination energy, capacity, and water sensitivity |
$40/sample |
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DON |
$35/sample |
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Falling Number (PHS or sprouted grain evaluation) |
$35/sample |
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Grain a-amylase (alternative to falling #) |
$25/sample |
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Cereal Extract: -base malt suplemented mash protocol |
$125/sample |
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Agronomic Variety Testing -Yield, protein, plump, test weight, heading date, height. *Grown in 11 locations across Montana (5 irrigated, 6 dryland) |
$3600/variety |
Food Grain Quality Testing
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| Test | Price |
| Anthocyanin (antioxident color pigment) | $30/sample |
| B-glucan (food fiber) | $30/sample |
Malt Quality Testing
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| Test | Price |
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| Full Analysis - Moisture, assortment, friability, fine extract, coarse extract, F/C difference, B-glucan, FAN, soluble protein, S/T, DP, a-amylase, color, filtration time, clarity, pH | $150/sample |
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*Basic Analysis - Moisture, friability, fine extract, B-glucan, FAN, DP, a-amylase, color, filtration time, clarity, pH, soluble protien, total protein, S/T *Appropriate for barley, and wheat. Wheat samples will not recieve friability or B-glucan testing. |
$100/sample |
| Adjunct Malt Analysis (sorghum, maize, millet, rye, oats) - Fine extract, color, clarity, & filtration time | $125/sample |
| Enzymes only-Diastatic Power & a-amylase | $50/sample |
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*Specialty Malt Analysis - high dried, chocolate and roasted malt–Moisture, extract, color, pH *SRM 20+ samples Please specify if sample is High dried: higher color malt that stills has sufficient enzymes for self conversion (standard mash) Caramel - requires base malt for supplemental conversion (base malt supplemented mash) Roasted - high color malts - (no mash - extraction via boiling) Measure: color only |
$50/sample |
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Color only |
$25/sample |
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*Malting w/ Malt Analysis -Barley samples malted with our system and controls, includes Malt Analysis (Full Malt w/ out friability) *Limited availability - please discuss specific project with the lab before submitting samples |
$250/sample |
Hop Quality Testing
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Test |
Price |
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Acids Analysis -Alpha Acids (as is and 10%), Beta Acids (as is and 10%), Hop Storage Index (HSI), and moisture. Acids determined by spectrophotometric method, ASBC Hops-6. *100g required. |
$35/sample |
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Total Oils (coming soon) -Determined by steam distillation. Reported as % (mL oil/100g), ASBC method Hops-13. *200g required |
$30/sample |
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Moisture Only -Forced air oven method. ASBC method Hops-4. *10g required |
$10/sample |
Beverage Quality Testing
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Test |
Price |
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Nutrition Analysis -Total sugars, carbohydrates, calories, protein, ABV |
$100/sample |
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Beer QC -ABV, SG, RE, RDF, IBU, Color, pH |
$75/sample |
| Total sugars |
$25/sample |
| Free Amino Nitrogen (FAN) | $25/sample |
| Bitterness (IBU) | $30/sample |
All testing is conducted using official methods of the American Society of Brewing Chemists
2021 Lab Schedule
Data Turnaround Time:
Typically data can be expected within 5 or less business days. During normal weeks malt analysis is performed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Samples received Thursday will not be run until the following Tuesday at the earliest.
2021 Holiday Schedule
The lab will be closed on the following dates:
Friay, January 1 - New Years Day
Monday, January 18 - Martin Luther King Day
Monay, February 15 - President's Day
Monday, May 31 - Memorial Day
Monday, July 5 - Independence Day
Monday, September 6 - Labor Day
Thursday, November 11 - Veteran's Day
Thursday/Friday, November 26-27 - Thanksgiving
December 20 -24 - Christmas Week