Intermediate Off-Flavor Sensory Kit
Refine your sensory skills with the Intermediate Off-Flavor Sensory Kit. This comprehensive training tool is designed for brewing professionals who have a basic understanding of sensory evaluation and seek to advance their skills. Whether you’re a brewer, quality control expert, or part of a sensory panel, this kit helps you accurately detect and describe a wide range of off-flavors in beer.
Producing high-quality beer requires the ability to identify and understand off-flavors that can affect the final product. The Intermediate Off-Flavor Sensory Kit simplifies the preparation of spiked beer samples. Each vial can spike up to 1 liter of beer, making it suitable for beer judging, brewery tasting panels, and group training sessions.
Benefits
Key Product Features
- Comprehensive sensory training for intermediate-level brewing professionals
- Identify a range of common off flavors in beer
- Each vial can spike up to 1 liter of beer
- Ideal for sensory quality analysis and training
- Includes 12 intermediate off-flavor standards
More information
Advance your sensory training journey with this comprehensive kit, which includes a variety of intermediate off-flavors:
Acetaldehyde – green apple, cut grass
Acetic acid – vinegar-like
Contamination – sour & buttery
D.M.S. – cooked corn, cooked vegetables
Diacetyl – butter, butterscotch
Grainy – husk-like, nut-like
Indole – farm, barnyard
Isovaleric acid – cheesy, old hops, sweaty socks
Light Struck – skunky, toffee or coffee like
Metallic – metal, tin-like, blood
Papery – cardboard, oxidized
H2S – Sulphidic, Rotten Eggs
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The Regular Sensory Kit offers a pre-selected mix of 12 of the most common flavors and aromatics found in beer. Each vial allows for spiking 1 liter of beer.
The Basic Sensory Training Kit offers 4 sets of identical pre-selected vials, with 6 of the most common beer-related flavor compounds included each set.
The 5 Mix &Match Sensory Kit offers a set of 5 vials for sensory training. The kit can be customized by choosing 5 flavor compounds from all the ones available.