| Test Description | Standard |
| Appearance | A viscous liquid amber or yellowish brown in colour. Free from any adulterants, off odour, foreign flavour and impurities. |
| Flavour & Aroma | Characteristic Malt and sweet taste free from any detectable foreign or off flavour I.e. not be sharp or bitter or sour tail. |
| Total Solid | Min 80% |
| Protein (%w/w on dry basis) | Min. 4% |
| Total Ash | 1.3 to 1.7% |
| Acidity (% as lactic acid) | 1.35% Max. |
| Colour (10% w/v solution) | <50 EBC |
| pH (of 10% solution) | 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Reducing Sugar (% w/w as anhydrous maltose) | Min. 60% |
| Density (20 deg. C) | 1.39 Min. |
| Starch | Negative |
| TVC at 37 deg. C | < 5000 cfu/gm |
| Yeast & Moulds | < 50 cfu/gm |
| E.Coli | Absent |