The Advanced Off-Flavor Kit offers 18 different compounds that cover the full spectrum of off-flavors that are critical for beer tasters to know towards accurately evaluating beer. Each vial allows for spiking 1 liter of beer.
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Flavors Included:
- Acetaldehyde - green apple, cut grass
- Acetic acid - vinegar-like
- Butyric acid - putrid, baby vomit
- Caprylic acid - soapy, fatty, candle wax
- Contamination - sour & buttery
- D.M.S. - cooked corn, cooked vegetables
- Diacetyl - butter, butterscotch
- Earthy - geosmin, soil-like
- Grainy - husk-like, nut-like
- Indole - farm, barnyard
- Isovaleric acid - cheesy, old hops, sweaty socks
- Lactic acid - sour, sour milk
- Light Struck - skunky, toffee or coffee like
- Mercaptan - sewer-like, drains
- Metallic - metal, tin-like, blood
- Papery - cardboard, oxidized
- Spicy - cloves, all spice
- H2S - Sulphidic, Rotten Eggs