Spicy Beer Flavour Standard
Importance of the Spicy Beer Flavour Standard
Spicy is an off flavour in pale lager beers. Impact character in certain beers of high alcohol content (>7% vol/vol).
Origins of flavour
The spicy flavour note is formed during ageing of beer.
Remarks
Recommended standard of ASBC and the EBC.
Associated terms
- Clove oil
- Allspice
- Eugenol
Analysis
- Gas Chromatography
Typical concentration in beer
- 10 - 30 µg/l in normal beers
- > 40 µg/l in problems beers
Approximate flavour threshold
- 40 µg/l
Beer flavour wheel number
- 0111
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