Aside from the customary rapid analysis methods for water and protein as well as physical tests, the visual inspection of barley, i.e., the evaluation of the external characteristics of the grain, also remains a meaningful method for assessing barley.
This method describes how to determine whether a lot of barley has kernels with incomplete lateral husk closure as part of visual and manual inspection processes.
Barley intended for the production of malt; therefore, the kernels are to be evaluated on the basis of the characteristics described below.
Visual assessment