Help me understand the beer flavor wheel

So, is it ok for a beer to have any flavor on here? It's like the color wheel right? I can't imagine cat urine taste being pleasureable. Or is it like a beer can taste like that in a good or a bad way? Does having flavors balanced on the wheel make for a good beer?

I don't know...but I'm dizzy now.

Never seen this thing. I'm not sure I'd try to use a wheel to achieve a particular beer profile.

I honestly don't know the purpose of this thing.

I've been looking at this thing for a couple of minutes now and for the life of me I can't figure out what its purpose is either.

http://brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue5.6/bickham.html

yes, it's good and bad...flavors, mouthfeel and aromas in one place as a common language to describe the sensory experience.

brewt00l said:

http://brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue5.6/bickham.html

yes, it's good and bad...flavors, mouthfeel and aromas in one place as a common language to describe the sensory experience.

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You mean like "Tastes Great!!!"..."Less Filling!!!"

Leave it to BM to take someones life work and reduce it to tastes great...less filling

lol

brewt00l said:

http://brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue5.6/bickham.html

yes, it's good and bad...flavors, mouthfeel and aromas in one place as a common language to describe the sensory experience.

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Real Men of Genius... Mr. Brewing Techniques beer-wheel maker-upper guy...

I'd try to explain the beer wheel, but my arms are too tired from spinning my monitor around while reading that thing

The flavor will was not designed to develop beer profiles. It's intended to assist in describing the taste and odor of beers as they are consumed. These are merely descriptors for the finished beer itself.
Soem tastes are desirable, some are not, some are indicitavie of the beer style.
The wheel is especially helpful in determining off-flavors in beer.

I found this link which explains it in depth. Hope it helps.

http://brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue5.6/bickham.html

Almost everything on the wheel are off-flavors. Looks like a badly mis-informed wino's attempt to reproduce the equally useless, wine wheel, but without using most of the positive properties of beer.

david_42 said:

Almost everything on the wheel are off-flavors.

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This i exactly why it is a useful tool.

I agree with Glibbidy. It's more for describing off flavors for bad brews.

I always just use the "look" on my friends' faces, It is way more accurate.

Describing the flavors that appear on the Beer Flavor Wheel.
http://www.bjcp.org/study.html#trouble

Glibbidy said:

It's intended to assist in describing the taste and odor of beers as they are consumed. These are merely descriptors for the finished beer itself.

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Then why put them in a f*ckin' wheel that suggests some sort of multilateral logic like complimentary colours, grrrr! Just make another damn list in straight line ffs!

ohiobrewtus said:

Real Men of Genius... Mr. Brewing Techniques beer-wheel maker-upper guy...

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...you made a wheel that needs to be read upside down by people while drinking beer...

In a singing voice:

c.n.budz said:

my arms are too tired from spinning my monitor around while reading that thing!

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...you use the word "worty" to describe a taste profile of beer...

and so forth...

Munsoned said:

...you made a wheel that needs to be read upside down by people while drinking beer...

In a singing voice:


...you use the word "worty" to describe a taste profile of beer...

and so forth...

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..and what's up with those "taste" & "odor" arrows!!!?!!

ohiobrewtus said:

Real Men of Genius... Mr. Brewing Techniques beer-wheel maker-upper guy...

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I could just hear this on the radio!
This is the funniest thread I've ever seen!!! LMFAO!!!:cross::rockin: