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How should I use the kit?
'Forewarned is forearmed' so we recommend that you become familiar with each of the eight flavors before you have a problem batch of beer. Use a lightly flavored beer as the base for the samples. We recommend using the kit over three different training sessions. Hold these sessions on different days. Ideally, you should hold these sessions on different days.
In each session you wlll first of all learn about the flavor faults and how to recognize them, then you will test your ability to do so.
Don't expect perfection at the first attempt, but do expect to improve in each session.
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How to use the kit
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| | | | | | Select flavor | Add to beer by pressing red button | Mix gently to dissolve flavor | Serve samples | Assess |
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Instruction steps
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Step 1.
Become familiar with the aroma and taste of the regular beer (with nothing added to it).
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Step 2.
Add the first flavor to 12 fl oz of beer. Mix the beer gently to dissolve the flavor. Serve the beer in clean, odorless glasses.
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Step 3.
Take a look at the information sheet that accompanied the flavor. This will make sure you know something about the flavor before you taste it.
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Step 4.
Now taste the sample. Swirl the glass gently and begin by taking short sniffs. Then, take a longer sniff. Now cover the glass with your hand and continue to swirl the sample. Take away your hand and take one long sniff. Finally, take the sample into your mouth and taste it. Swallow the beer to appreciate the after-taste.
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Step 5.
Now you have become familiar with each of the flavors, it's time to find out what you've learned. Get someone to change the order of the samples, so that you don't know which is which. Now go back to each of them and try to recognize them. At the first attempt you should be able to achieve a score of more than 4 out of 8. This marks the end of session 1.
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Step 6.
Session 2 involves consolidating what you've learned. Go back through steps 1-5, first of all learning what the different beer flavors taste like, then checking your ability to recognize them. The difference is, this time around you should expect to score at least 6 out of 8.
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Step 7.
Now for your final test. In the third session, go through steps 1-5 once more, but this time add each flavor to 24 fl oz of beer, rather than the 12 fl oz used in the first two sessions. It will be harder to detect the faults, and even harder when you take the test, but you should aim for a score of nothing less than perfection - 8 out of 8.
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