Siebel Institute - Essential Off-flavor Sensory Kit

The Essential Off-Flavour Kit contains 6 of the most frequently encountered off-flavours, common to beers of all styles. Each vial allows for spiking 1 litre of beer.

Flavours included:

• Contamination - sour & buttery
• D.M.S. - cooked corn, cooked vegetables
• Diacetyl - butter, butterscotch
• Isovaleric acid - cheesy, old hops, sweaty socks
• Papery - cardboard, oxidized
• H₂S - Sulphidic, Rotten Eggs

The Siebel Institute Sensory Training Kits are shipped in ready-to-use liquid form, making them as easy to use as possible. Each kit is designed to help tasters build their skills towards understanding beer flavour at a truly professional level. While breweries with established tasting panel structures will find these kits valuable, it can also be used for ‘taster calibration’ by others with an interest in beer including:

• Breweries training new and existing staff to spot beer defects more effectively
• Brewers guilds looking to add value to their regularly-scheduled meetings
• Homebrew groups and beer judges looking to sharpen judging and flavour recognition skills
• Distributors, wholesalers and agents who need to be able to ‘talk the talk’ about beer attributes with beer specialty retailers