A method for producing a beverage, said method comprising the steps of: i. preparing an aqueous extract by a method according to claim 12, comprising the steps of: a) providing grains of a cereal, wherein the cereal is barley; b) subjecting the cereal grains to a step of germination for in the range of 48 to 108h thereby obtaining germinated grains, wherein the step of germination comprises a step of steeping comprising wet incubation for in the range of 30 min to 10h followed by dry incubation for in the range of 30 min to 24h, and wherein the duration of germination is measured from the initiation of germination, and wherein the initiation of germination is the time point at which barley with a water content of less than 15% is contacted with sufficient water to initiate germination; c) finely dividing said germinated grains, while said germinated grains have a water content of at least 20%; and d) preparing an aqueous extract of said finely divided germinated grains, with the proviso that said cereal grains do not have a water content below 20% at any time between steps b) and d), thereby obtaining an aqueous extract of the cereal; and ii.processing said aqueous extract into a beverage. i. preparing an aqueous extract by a method according to claim 12, comprising the steps of: a) providing grains of a cereal, wherein the cereal is barley; b) subjecting the cereal grains to a step of germination for in the range of 48 to 108h thereby obtaining germinated grains, wherein the step of germination comprises a step of steeping comprising wet incubation for in the range of 30 min to 10h followed by dry incubation for in the range of 30 min to 24h, and wherein the duration of germination is measured from the initiation of germination, and wherein the initiation of germination is the time point at which barley with a water content of less than 15% is contacted with sufficient water to initiate germination; c) finely dividing said germinated grains, while said germinated grains have a water content of at least 20%; and d) preparing an aqueous extract of said finely divided germinated grains, with the proviso that said cereal grains do not have a water content below 20% at any time between steps b) and d), thereby obtaining an aqueous extract of the cereal; and a) providing grains of a cereal, wherein the cereal is barley; b) subjecting the cereal grains to a step of germination for in the range of 48 to 108h thereby obtaining germinated grains, wherein the step of germination comprises a step of steeping comprising wet incubation for in the range of 30 min to 10h followed by dry incubation for in the range of 30 min to 24h, and wherein the duration of germination is measured from the initiation of germination, and wherein the initiation of germination is the time point at which barley with a water content of less than 15% is contacted with sufficient water to initiate germination; c) finely dividing said germinated grains, while said germinated grains have a water content of at least 20%; and d) preparing an aqueous extract of said finely divided germinated grains, with the proviso that said cereal grains do not have a water content below 20% at any time between steps b) and d), ii.processing said aqueous extract into a beverage.