Burtonize

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, [...]

Anagrams

• tribuzone