Resources

Welcome to the FlavorActiV resource page, you can find downloadable copies of information for our customers in this one accessible place.

World Brewing Congress Poster Presentation

World Brewing Congress Poster Presentation

The poster presentation that Director of Global Sensory Management Boris Gadzov gave during his visit to the World Brewing Congress  in Portland is now available to view. The title of the poster is Development and validation of an assay method for phenolic flavour compounds in beer flavour standards. To see the poster please click here. 

For more information about our presentation or the World Brewing Congress please email Boris on Boris.Gadzov@flavoractiv.com

 

World Brewing Congress 2012

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Director of Global Sensory Management Boris Gadzov will be attending the World Brewing Congress 2012 in Portland  , USA. Boris will be presentational a poster titled Development and validation of an assay method for phenolic flavour compounds in beer flavour standards. To listen to an abstract of the presentation please click here.

For more information about our presentation or the World Brewing Congress please email Boris on Boris.Gadzov@flavoractiv.com

 

 

Water FlavorFiles

Water FlavorFiles

Our newly updated Water FlavorFiles contain the information that will help you improve you water sensory knowledge. By reading the Water FlavorFiles you will learn the best techniques for tasting and detecting various flavour notes found in water. You can download our new Water FlavourFiles here.

New Updated Soft Drink FlavorFiles

New Updated Soft Drink FlavorFiles

A successful Soft Drink beverage company requires extensive sensory knowledge. We have created Soft Drink FlavorFiles to aid your sensory development. The FlavorFiles are complete with tasting tips and information about the importance and origin of the flavours. You can download our Soft Drink FlavorFiles here.

New updated Beer Flavour Standards FlavorFiles

New updated Beer Flavour Standards FlavorFiles

We have improved and updated our Beer Flavour Standards FlavorFiles. These FlavorFiles offer guidance on the best techniques to detect the different Beer Flavour Standards, as well as explaining the flavours’ importance and origin.

 

You can download our new Beer Flavour Standards FlavorFiles here.

13th IBD Conference Uganda 2011 – Poster Download

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The 13th IBD Africa Convention, “Africa – Endless Possibilities”, was held at the Lake Victoria Serena, Uganda, during Sunday March 6th to Friday 11th, 2011.

Our Taster Management Adviser Evelyne Canterranne  presented a poster and conducted a taste workshop during the conference. IBD Uganda Poster 2011

FlavorActiV Beer Taster Flavorfiles

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As part of the ongoing improvement of our services we’ve updated most of our documentation. This includes our Beer Taster Flavorfiles which you can find with each product in our products section.

If you would like the full set of Beer Taster Flavorfiles for our Beer Flavour Standards you can download them here FlavorActiV Flavorfiles.

If you would like any more information on our products or documentation please get in contact with us.

Beer Flavour Wheel Poster

Beer Flavour Wheel Poster

We’ve produced a poster for our customers to download, you can print this out and place it in your tasting rooms as a training aid for your tasters.

You can find the PDF copy for download here: Beer Flavour Wheel Poster

Food and Drink News Article November 2010

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In November 2010 we had an article published in Food and Drink News Magazine.

Titled – The Hidden Talent of Tasting, it covered the vital area of taster selection and that many tasters are not from a background in tasting but are average brewery and beverage employees.

You can download a copy of the article here: Food and Drink News Article November 2010

Brewers Guardian – Reinventing the Wheel

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In April 2010 we contributed to Brewer’s Guardian Magazine in an article titled – Reinventing the Wheel. Our Managing Director Richard Boughton provided insight into where the next direction of the traditional Beer Flavour Wheel was headed.

“We have to put in place a flavour language which builds on what Morten Meilgaard originally did,” says Richard Boughton, managing directorof FlavorActiV, a global supplier of beer flavour training and products. “The work done by Meilgaard was a fantasticstep forward … but since then we have moved on massively from the flavour wheel with the flavour language now used by our brewery customers..”

You can download a PDF copy of the Article here: Brewers Guardian Article March-April 2010 Reinventing the Wheel