Bitterness of congeners and stereoisomers of hop-derived bitter acids found in beer

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 234-237

  Hughes, P S ^a   Simpson, W J ^a,b  

^a BRF International   (United Kingdom)

^b Cara Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bitterness; Hop bitter acids; Psychophysics; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000542199     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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