12 Mix & Match Sensory Kit
Refine your sensory skills with the 12 Mix and Match Sensory Kit. This versatile training tool is designed for brewing professionals who seek a customized approach to sensory education. Whether you’re a brewer, brewpub staff, or part of a quality control team, this kit allows you to select 12 flavor standards from a comprehensive list, tailoring your training to specific needs.
High-quality beer production depends on the ability to accurately identify and describe both desirable and undesirable flavors. The 12 Mix and Match Sensory Kit simplifies the preparation of spiked beer samples. Each vial can spike up to 1 liter of beer, making it ideal for beer judging, brewery tasting panels, and group training sessions.
Benefits
Key Product Features
- Customizable sensory training for the brewing industry
- Choose 12 flavor standards from an extensive list
- Each vial can spike up to 1 liter of beer
- Ideal for personalized sensory training needs
- Covers a wide range of good and off-flavors
More information
Begin your personalized sensory training journey with this flexible kit, which includes 12 flavor compounds from a wide range of essential flavors:
Acetaldehyde – green apple, cut grass
Acetic acid – vinegar-like
Almond – marzipan, almonds
Bitter – hoppy, bitter
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
Ethyl acetate – solvent-like, nail polish remover
Ethyl hexanoate – aniseed, apple or licorice
Geraniol – floral, geranium flowers
Grainy – husk-like, nut-like
Hefeweizen – spicy & banana
Indole – farm, barnyard
Isoamyl acetate – banana, pear drop
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, allspice
Vanilla – custard powder, vanilla essence
Exotic – coconut, vanilla, fruity, glue-like
Woody – woody, resinous
Tobacco – natural, woody, sweet, fruity, plum, spicy tobacco nuances, menthol-like
H2S – Sulphidic, Rotten Eggs
Smoky – Smoky (smoked wood/smoked fish), Phenolic
Peat-Like – Peat-like, Smoky, Woody, Medicinal
Barnyard – Barnyard, Horsey, Brett-related flavors, Wine-like, Alcohol
Coconut – Dill, Earthy, Coconut
Caramel – Caramel, Spicy, Sweet, Almond
Whiskey – Woody, Oakey, Coconut, Rum-like, Green
Pineapple – Pineapple-like, Brett-related flavors, Rum-like, Tropical Fruit
Cadaverine – Rotten meat, boiled shrimp water
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The Sour Sensory Kit contains 6 frequently encountered flavors common to sour beer styles. Each vial allows for spiking 1 liter of beer.
The Craft Sensory Kit is composed the 12 flavor compounds found in many unique styles of craft beer. Each vial allows for spiking 1 liter of beer.
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.
