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  • I. Keeping and Serving Beer
  • II. Beer Styles
  • III. Beer Flavor and Evaluation
  • IV. Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes
  • V. Pairing Beer with Food

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Posted on Saturday, October 3, 2015

017. Off-flavor knowledge

Off-flavor knowledge

Beer is a perishable food product. There are many ways that beer can become contaminated before it arrives at your business, or it can just get too old. It is important to be able to identify “off” flavors so you know when to get the customer a replacement.

Dust bottle by Geoffrey Gallaway on flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Dust bottle by Geoffrey Gallaway on flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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