Meilgaard Beer Flavour Wheel

[Chad]

As part of improving my tasting palette I went googling for the Meilgaard beer flavour wheel but couldn't find any that had examples of what the descriptors were like. So I scoured the web for examples and decided to make up my own A4 flavour sheet so all the info is located on the one sheet.

I thought I would post it for anyone else interested in improving their palette.

View attachment Meilgaard_Beer_Flavour_Wheel__1.0_.pdf

 

[Stuster]

Looks good, Chad. Were you looking for something like this? (wheel halfway down that page)

 

[BrissyBrew]

some of the science is a little old, for example the location of taste receptors on the tongue but otherwise a solid article. I must admit not always keen on plugging complex perception experiences into simplified models but this does at least give what is almost impossible a shot.

 

[Stuster]

Good call on the tongue receptors, BB. I only recently read that the sweet at the front etc model is not true. Seems obvious when you know, but not before. Not a bad article other than that. I liked this bit.

The overall rating of a beer is where you can ignore the style and say what you really feel. Maybe you think it's not fit for human consumption (or perhaps only with a hot dog and chips). In contrast, there is that beer you are considering changing your middle name to.

So what's your beer middle name? :lol: