Study on the analysis method for hop aroma components in beer and application for the evaluation of beer quality of hop aroma

LIN ZHIPING (1)
(1) Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co. Ltd., Beijing, China

A method for the analysis of hop aroma components in beer by headspace solid-phase microextraction with GC-MS was developed. Eight hop aroma components such as linalool from which 40 domestic and international samples were collected were precisely measured. Multivariate analysis was applied to analyze hop aroma, and 3 factors were extracted from principal component analysis, classifying hop aroma components into 3 categories. Correlation analysis shows that linalool, α-terpineol, and geraniol were significantly correlated with geranyl acetate and citronellyl acetate. Discriminant analysis showed that linalool, α-terpineol, geraniol, geranyl acetate, and citronellyl acetate of different origins varied greatly. The trial went in-depth to the influence of different hopping methods to beer hop aroma. Eight kinds of hop aroma components were not detected in unhopped beer. The content of hop aroma components was impacted significantly by adding different varieties of hops for the last addition. When boiling time was prolonged, the content of beer hop aroma components such as linalool decreased remarkably. When the addition quantity was constant, hopping in whirlpool instead of wort kettle could distinctively increase hop aroma components content.

Lin Zhiping graduated from the School of Bioengineering of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China, in 2003 with a master’s degree in fermentation engineering. In 1994, Lin started his career with Beijing Yanjing Brewery Group Corporation, China. In 2003 he joined the Yanjing National-Standard Research Center, engaging in brewing technology research and development. He currently is deputy chief engineer of the Yanjing Group and supervisor of the China National Research Institute of Food and Fermentation Industries (CNRIFFI), as well as the supervisor of the School of Bioengineering of Jiangnan University and an authorized sommelier of the China Certification and Accreditation Association.

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