Colour measurement in the brewing industry is an important part of the quality control measures that are put in place to ensure consistency of the product.

In cases such as caramel production the colour is indicative of the market value of the product.

Scales & Values

Grading techniques are widely used to assess product colour by comparison with a representative series of fixed colour standards.

For many product types, a characteristic set of standards was agreed and adopted to aid colour control and the communication of colour specifications; the result is a selection of traditional colour grading scales that have been adopted as industry standards and are still in common use today.

• Alpha Amylase in Malt
• ASBC Colour
• Series 52 (Brown) Scale
• Whisky
• EBC (European Brewing Convention)