Ethyl Butyrate Beer Flavour Standard
Importance of Ethyl Butyrate Beer Flavour Standard
Ethyl Butyrate contributes a distinctive positive tropical fruit ester character to beer. Can be indicative of brew house hygiene problems.
Origins of flavour
Ethyl Butyrate is produced by yeast during fermentation. Production is enhanced in worts that contain butyric acid, formed as a result of poor brewhouse hygiene problems.
Remarks
Ethyl butyrate is one of a range of butyrate esters found in beer. Such flavours are important in defining the character of several major lager beer brands.
Associated terms
- Tropical fruits
- Mango
- Tinned pineapple
Analysis
- Gas Chromatography
Typical concentration in beer
- 0.05 - 0.25 mg/l
Approximate flavour threshold
- 0.4 mg/l
Beer flavour wheel number
- Not yet assigned (within 0130 phenolic flavour category).
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