Common Beer Off Flavours – Banana, Estery, Pear. Off Flavour: Estery Chemical Name: Isoamyl acetate What to look for: This is quite distinctive and has an aroma of banana or
Common Beer Off Flavours – butterscotch, popcorn or butter. Off Flavour: Diacetyl Chemical Name: 2,3-butanedione What to look for: Butter, oily, milky and feels a bit milky on the palate. This is
A Quick Overview of Beer in 5 Minutes History of Brewing In Mesopotamia there is evidence of beer from barley via a poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing.