The effects of malting conditions (germination period and drying tempe
rature) on the proximate composition of barley malt and on the sensory
quality of roasted malt extracts were examined. Response surface meth
odology was used to find optimum malting conditions based on sensory q
uality. Proximate composition of malt was affected by malting conditio
ns. Germinating barley for four days and drying at 77-degrees-C were f
ound to be the optimum malting conditions for high sensory quality roa
sted malt extract.