Food and Fermentation Industries

The change of monoterpenoids during fermentation and their contribution to hop aroma of beer

  • QUAN Qiao-lin ,
  • JIANG Wei ,
  • WANG De-liang ,
  • SUN Zhi-wei ,
  • SONG Tao
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Online published: 2013-05-25

Abstract

Monoterpenoids,such as linalool,geraniol and β-citronellol,are important compounds in beer and their changes during fermentation have effect on the beer aroma directly.In 4%(v/v) ethanol solution,it was found that single compound and mixture with linalool,geraniol and β-citronellol in different concentration both have different characteristics by sensory evaluation and statistics.When their concentration were no more than 50 μg/L,it's not necessarily that there was stronger hop aroma in beer with their higher concentration,and the synergy of three compounds had the strongest hop aroma with 12.5 μg/L of linalool,12.5 μg/L of geraniol and 25 μg/L of β-citronellol.In addition,biochemical changes happened during fermentation,and linalool was converted into α-terpineol,geraniol was converted into β-citronellol rapidly and β-Citronellol was converted into citronellyethanoate.Generally,the loss rates of them were 36.6%,45.1% and 38.1% respectively.Sum up,it was probable to get the outstanding hop aroma in beer by adding appropriate amount of hop during brewing and controlling the final concentration in beer with 12.5 μg/L of linalool,12.5 μg/L of geraniol and 25 μg/L of β-citronellol.

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QUAN Qiao-lin , JIANG Wei , WANG De-liang , SUN Zhi-wei , SONG Tao . The change of monoterpenoids during fermentation and their contribution to hop aroma of beer[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2013 , 39(05) : 170 -175 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.2013.05.043

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