Name: eugenol
SKU: B-BE-97-53-0
Price: 45.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Product Description

“Spicy, like clove oil or allspice”

Beer flavour standard used to train professional beer tasters to recognize and scale the intensity of spicy character.

Eugenol is a flavour impact character in some styles of ale. It is also an age-related off-flavour in pale lager beer.

Food grade | Free from sensory impurities | Extensively tested | Safe to smell and taste.

IMPORTANCE

Eugenol is a flavour impact character in some beer styles, eg Belgian ales. It is an off-flavour in lager beers. It is more common in beers of higher alcohol content (> 7% vol / vol).

ORIGINS

Eugenol is formed during ageing of beer from precursors which are formed by yeast during fermentation. Formation of eugenol is associated with use of warm fermentation temperatures and typically associated with beers of higher alcoholic strength. Barrel-aged beers can also possess a spicy character from eugenol, deriving this flavour character from the wood.

HOW TO TASTE

The best way to for tasters to detect spicy characters from eugenol in beer is as follows. Without covering the glass, swirl the beer to release the aroma. Take a single short sniff. Repeat as necessary.

CAS NUMBER

The CAS registry number of eugenol is 97-53-0.

Additional Information

Weight	0.05 kg
Dimensions	.7 × .7 × .3 cm
process	ingredients, processing
flavour	bacterial, chemical, off-flavour, positive character
chemical	alcohols, phenolics
capsules per pot	6 capsules
kit format	full pots of capsules
sector	beer