The Beerists EXTRA - Sensory Kit Tasting
The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast
John Rubio
4.8 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2016
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
What? Another full-length show this week? Yep! We recently acquired a BJCP-curated sensory kit from the Siebel Institute, and decided to record and share our mostly horrible tasting experiences with all of you.
Ethyl hexanoate
Aniseed, apple or licorice
Common sources: Fermentation product, wort composition or yeast health
Geraniol
Floral, geranium flowers
Common sources: Hop addition and variety
Indole
Farm, barnyard
Common sources: Bacterial infection during fermentation
Spicy (Eugenol)
Cloves, all spice
Common sources: Microbial contamination, wild yeast or aging
Earthy (2-Ethyl fenchol)
Geosmin, soil-like
Common sources: Packaging or water-derived contamination
Papery (Trans-2-nonenal)
Cardboard, oxidized
Common sources: Product of oxidation, staling
Isovaleric acid
Cheesy, old hops, sweaty socks
Common sources: Use of old, degraded hops
Acetaldehyde
Green Apple, cut grass
Common Sources: Fermentation Product, staling, or contamination
Butyric acid
Putrid, baby vomit
Common Sources: Bacterial contamination
D.M.S. (Dimethyl sulfide)
Cooked corn, cooked vegetables
Common sources: Wort boil, wort cooling or contamination
Diacetyl (2,3-Butanedione)
Butter, butterscotch
Common sources: Microbial contamination or improper maturation
Ethyl acetate
Solvent-like, nail polish remover
Common sources: Wort composition and yeast growth
The Beerists are: John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, Grant Davis and Mike Lambert.
Photo courtesy of Shane Wilder. See more from his shoot with us here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Bearest Extra, recorded April 10th, 2016. |
| 0:15.7 | Sensory Kit Tasting. What is the grossest thing you've ever put in your mouth. |
| 0:33.6 | Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. |
| 0:37.8 | Anastasia? Is he in this room? |
| 0:43.0 | Which one? |
| 0:44.1 | I was going to say that I've kissed every person in this room. |
| 0:48.0 | Oh, God, I got to go. |
| 0:49.7 | Every person? |
| 0:50.6 | Well, no, I mean, we have a fifth person in here who is not going to talk on the microphone. |
| 0:54.4 | I did not kiss her. |
| 0:55.4 | Okay. |
| 0:55.9 | But everybody else who's on the microphone I've kissed before. |
| 0:58.1 | The day is still young. |
| 0:59.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:00.2 | And the night is mature. |
| 1:01.9 | Who was the grossest? |
| 1:03.7 | I think, no, I actually think Mike was a little bit grosser to kiss. |
| 1:08.5 | Yeah, because it was his butthole, I believe. |
| 1:13.6 | I think it's because he was the only one who was into it. |
| 1:17.5 | That's really funny because you were the one that was forcing it on me. |
| 1:20.2 | I don't know if you know how politics work and sex. |
| 1:22.4 | It's getting uncomfortable. |
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