Kettle Hop Beer Flavour Standard

Importance of Kettle Hop Beer Flavour Standard

Kettle hop is a desirable character of some pale lager beers.

Origins of flavour

Imparted to beer by the deliberate addition of a portion of the hop grist to the kettle late in the boil. Alternatively kettle hop can be added before packaging in the form of an essence.

Remarks

Not a reference standard. For demonstration only.

Associated terms

• Late hop character
• Spicy

Analysis

• Difficult to analyse in beer.

Typical concentration in beer

• 0.01 - 0.2 mg/l

Approximate flavour threshold

• 0.04 mg/l

Beer flavour wheel number

• 0171