Unlocking the secret behind hop aroma in beer
Hop Flavour - For a long time, knowledge about odour-active compounds in beer associated with hop aroma remained incomplete. A project sponsored by Wifö (Registered German Organisation for the Promotion of Scientific Research by the German Brewing Industry), involving a systematic investigation, succeeded for the first time in providing a comprehensive explanation of hop aroma in beer and made it possible to formulate a technological process for brewing beers with a noble hop flavour.
For Hop Aroma in Beer, in recent decades numerous compounds such as humulene epoxide I and II, citronellol, and geraniol were suggested as indicators. Much attention was given to these compounds because their presence in beer could be analytically demonstrated.
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