Whole hops intended for use in beer brewing or elsewhere in the food industry
Evaluation of the appearance of hop cones is performed through visual and manual inspection.
The method is suitable for the determination of water vapor volatile aroma compounds in beer.
Volatile aroma compounds are driven out of the sample through steam distillation. The ethanolic distillate is saturated with NaCl. Potassium hydrogen sulfite is added to separate carbonyl groups that might interfere with the analysis. The extraction of the aroma compounds is performed by shaking out with dichloromethane and the phases separated by centrifuging.