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Date: 20 Dec 2006 12:37:18
From: splendidmike
Subject: estery commercial beers?
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can you guys give me some examples of commercial (macro or micro) beers
that have strong ester characteristics (and what you specifically
perceive those characteristics to be)? i'm still trying to pick out the
ester flavors in my homebrews, and even after reading the archives here
and elsewhere, i'm still not sure i understand how to single them
out...so i'd like to learn by example. i'm not too interested in the
science right now - just tastes and flavors and examples...
thanks,
mike
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Date: 20 Dec 2006 15:44:23
From: David M. Taylor
Subject: Re: estery commercial beers?
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"splendidmike" <splendidmike@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1166647038.700782.51180@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> can you guys give me some examples of commercial (macro or micro) beers
> that have strong ester characteristics (and what you specifically
> perceive those characteristics to be)? i'm still trying to pick out the
> ester flavors in my homebrews, and even after reading the archives here
> and elsewhere, i'm still not sure i understand how to single them
> out...so i'd like to learn by example. i'm not too interested in the
> science right now - just tastes and flavors and examples...
Esters generally taste fruity, like apples, bananas, grapes, sometimes like
Juicy Fruit gum, or candy. In fact, most if not all artificial fruit
flavors in foods, sodas, etc. are made with esters. The Belgians are known
for having lots of esters in many of their beers. Any dubbel, tripel, or
abbey-style beer is probably a good place to start if you want to know what
esters taste like.
--
Dave
"Fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking." -- Brad Paisley
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