1. Specialist
Services to
the Brewing
Industry
A critical factor in laboratory testing
is the experience of the analyst
undertaking the work. At Leeder
Analytical, whether it’s raw materials
like malt or water, or your final
products, our staff have extensive
industry experience ensuring your
requirements are understood and
met. Some of the services we
offer include;
Sugar Analysis
Analysis of sugars in wort and
finished product from individual
sugars like: Fructose, glucose,
sucrose, lactose, maltose to full
sugar profiles.
Organic Acids
A wide range of acids can be
determined from totals to individual
acids. Some of these include:
Total Acids (TA), Acetic acid,
Citric Acid, L-Malic Acid,
D-Lactic acid, L-Lactic acid,
Oxalic Acid, Succinic Acid
to full acid profiles.
Malt Analysis
No two batches of malt are alike.
The only sure way to predict their
effect on your brew is to be able to
review malt analysis data. Leeder
Analyitcal can provide a wide range
of malt testing services. These
include moisture content, colour,
diastic power (DP), total protein,
soluble protein, screenings
<2.2mm, alpha-amylase,
carbohydrate profile, etc.
Hop Analysis
a-acids & b-acid content of cones,
pellets, oils and extracts by HPLC.
Hop variety identification.
Essential oil content and composition.
Isomerised by HPLC a-acids; ISO,
Rho, Tetra, Hexa.
IBU-international bittering units
Product Taint Investigations
Customer Complaint Investigations
Please contact us to discuss your projects requirements.
33 Steane St,
Fairfield, VIC, 3078
t 03 9481 4167
f 03 9489 0710
abn 31 142 075 956
e Enquiries@leeder-analytical.com
Leeder Analytical provides specialist testing and expert advice in a wide range of areas
including food & beverage testing, identification of unknown chemical
compounds, chemical residues and impurities.
Leeder Analytical is not limited to the services listed. For further information or quotation contact us on enquiries@leeder-analytical.com
Beer / Wort
Wine
Cider
Kombucha / Kefir
Distilled Spirits
We offer
testing for

2. Routine Testing Services
Metals
Calcium, Total Iron, Magnesium, Copper, Potassium, Sodium, Manganese, Boron, Trace elements & Heavy metals.
Aldehydes and Ketones
Acetaldehyde, Formaldehyde, Propanal, Butanal, Octenal, Nonenal, Furfural, Pentanal, Butanone,
Propanone, Butanedione, Pentanedione, Acetone, MEK, MIBK & Hydroxylmethyl-furfural.
Microbiological
Micro testing can be used to analyse in-process beer for Pediococcus and Lactobacillus from post-boil to bottling.
These organisms present a challenge to brewers since they enter the brewery on raw materials such as grain and
can produce lactic acid, altering the taste and aroma of finished product.
Other Tests
• Ascorbic Acid
• Ammonia
• Alpha-amino nitrogen (NOPA)
• SO2 total & free
• Yeast Assimable
• Nitrogen (YAN)
• Chloride, bromide, iodide,
• Nitrate, nitrite, sulphate, phosphate
• Oxyhalo- chlorite, chlorate, bromite, bromate
• Total Protein
• Beta-Glucan (High MW)
• Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxyacetic Acid
• pH
• Light struck beer testing- methyl-2-butene-1-thiol
(Skunk flavours)
• Bitterness on finished product (IBU)
• Foaming test
• Storage life
• Diacetyl
• Colour
• Gluten
• Total protein
• Dissinfection taint
Please contact us to discuss your projects requirements.
33 Steane St,
Fairfield, VIC, 3078
t 03 9481 4167
f 03 9489 0710
abn 31 142 075 956
e Enquiries@leeder-analytical.com
Leeder Analytical is not limited to the services listed. For further information or quotation contact us on enquiries@leeder-analytical.com
TRY OUR BEER TEST KIT...
The “Beer Analysis Sample Kit” checks for alcohol by volume and International bittering
units (IBUs). Purchase a kit, fill the supplied bottles with your beer samples and post
back to us in our postage-paid box.
Our laboratory will email results back to you promptly!
Additional tests can be added for acetic acid, malic acid.
When you visit our website www.leeder-analytical.com, enter your sample information, you will then have the
option to add additional testing. If there is something you’re looking for that is not listed, you can call
03 9481 4167 or email us at enquiries@leeder-analytical.com.
Leeder Analytical
BEERANALYSIS
PROFESSIONAL
LAB TESTING
KIT