Glossary
Melanoidin
The brown, flavour-active compounds produced by the Maillard reaction, responsible for much of the depth in Munich malt and decoction-mashed beers.
Related
- Maillard reaction — What produces them.
- Decoction mash — The process credited with generating more of them.
More vocabulary
Adjunct · Aroma hop · Base malt · Bittering hop · Black malt · Brettanomyces · Candi sugar · Chocolate malt · Crystal malt · Dextrin
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Last reviewed 2026-08-16.