Lesson 7 - Beer Flavour and Stability SAQ
This lesson allows you to test yourself on the material covered in the lesson on Beer Flavour and Stability and determine the level to which you have met the learning outcomes.
Self-Assessment Questions
1. **Your marketing team wants to launch an all-malt beer showcasing a malt character. They have asked you to summarise the ways that the brewer can alter the flavour of beer using barley malt. Using tables, prepare your answer in a way that will give them a deeper understanding of malt-derived flavours.
2. **Describe the taints in beer originating from cleaning materials and the steps brewers can take to minimise them.
3. **Explain the contribution of hops to beer flavour. How can hops be used to enhance beer aroma?
4. **Discuss the flavour changes that happen during beer storage after packaging and pasteurisation, and how the beer can be managed during and after packaging to minimise these changes.
5. **Discuss the direct influence brewing water has on flavour.