Predicting flavor stability –Part 1
It is of great importance to every brewery to be able to guarantee that the flavor of its beer will remain stable until at least the best before date printed on the label. Therefore, dependable and economical methods are in demand among brewers wishing to predict the flavor stability of their packaged beers. Brewers must determine in advance which analysis methods will be most useful for detecting the sensorially perceptible characteristics of beer indicative of aging. Part one examines how well flavor stability can be predicted, while the second part discusses the practicability of selected methods.