Bitter Beer Flavour Standard
Importance of the Bitter Beer Flavour Standard
Bitter is one of the most important flavours in beer and one of the basic tastes.
Origins of flavour
Bitterness is derived from addition of hops during wort boiling, or addition of hop extracts to wort or beer.
Remarks
Suggested standard of ASBC and the EBC.
One capsule is equal to 5 Bitterness Units (BU).
Associated terms
- Quinine
- Bitter hops
Analysis
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Beer flavour wheel number
- 1200
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