Beer Tasting Party Scoring Sheets

Beer Tasting Party : Score Sheet

Name:			Date:
Name of Beer:			Brewery:
Presentation (10) - Observe the head, the consistency, the color, the clarity, the aroma... ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Taste (20) - Use terms like fruity, dry, smooth, metallic, yeasty, alcoholic to help score. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Body (10) - Was this beer creamy, bubbly, hearty, thick or thin? Was it a good temperature? Was the 'mouthfeel' good (+) or bad (-)? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Drinkability (5) - When finished, did you want to go out an get a six pack (+) or dump the rest of the bottle (-)? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Empty Glass Factor (5) - A trace of the ring in the glass (+) A very clean glass (-) The best beers leave a nice ring of foam. Drinking from the bottle scores a 2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCORE (50) ______
Comments on Bottle Inspection: Appropriate size, cap, fill level, label removal, etc. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name:			Date:
Name of Beer:			Brewery:
Alternate Scoring:
12 points - Aroma Comment on malt, hops, esters, and other aromatics. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 points - Appearance Comment on color, clarity, and head (retention, color, and texture) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
20 points - Flavor Comment on malt, hops, fermentation characteristics, balance, finish/aftertaste, and other characteristics ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 points - Mouthfeel Comment on body, carbonation, warmth, creaminess, tartness, bitterness and other palate sensations ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10 points - Overall Impression Comment on overall drinking pleasure associated with this beer and give suggestions for improvement ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Score (50):	Outstanding Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor	(45-50) (38-44) (30-37) (21-29) (14-20) (0-13)

Name:			Date:
Name of Beer:			Brewery:
Descriptions: (Check all that apply) Acetaldehyde - Green applelike aroma; byproduct of fermentation.
Alcoholic - The general effect of ethanol and higher alcohols. Tastes warming.
Astringent/Husky - Drying, puckering (like lemon) associated with sourness.
Bitter - Taste associated with hops, braun-hefe or malt husks. Sensation experienced on very back of tongue.
Chill Haze - Does not affect flavor. Caused by precipitation of protein-tannin compound at cold temperatures. Less proteins or tannins in brewing or fermenting reduces haze.
Chlorophenolic - Aroma is unique but very similar to plasticlike phenolic. Caused by chlorinated water in brewing. Detectable in parts per billion.
Cooked Vegetable/Cabbagelike - Aroma and flavor often due to long lag times and wort spoilage bacteria that later are killed by alcohol produced in fermentation.
Diacetyl/Buttery - Buttery, butterscotch, toffee taste/odor caused by abbreviated fermentation or bacteria.
DMS (dimethyl sulfide) - At low levels sweet, cornlike taste/odor - higher levels canned, or rotten vegetables. Can be caused by malt, short boiling of wort, slow wort chilling or, in extreme cases, bacterial infection.
Fruity/Estery - Banana, raspberry, pear, apple or strawberry flavor; may include other fruity/estery flavors. Associated with higher temperature fermentations and certain yeast strains.
Grainy - Raw grain flavor. Cereal like. Some amounts are appropriate in some beer styles.
Hoppy - Characteristic odor of the essential oil of hops. Does not include hop bitterness.
Light-Struck - Having the characteristic smell of a skunk, caused by exposure to light. Some hops can have a very similar character.
Metallic - Caused by exposure to metal. Described as tinny, metallic, bloodlike. May be from brewpot or storage where beer is in contact with caps.
Oxidized/Stale - Taste/odor of wet cardboard, paper, rotten vegetable/pineapple, sherry, baby diapers. Often an increase in sourness, harshness and bitterness. Caused by high temperatures/oxygen during aging. More aeration in bottling, the quicker a beer will oxidize. Warm temperatures accelerate oxidation.
Phenolic - One or combination of medicinal, plastic, electrical fire, listerinelike, band-aidlike, smoky, clovelike aroma or flavor. Most often caused by wild strains of yeast or bacteria.
Salty - Flavor associated with table salt. Sensation experienced on sides of tongue. Can be caused by too much sodium chloride, calcium chloride or magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) - brewing salts.
Solventlike - Flavor/aroma like acetone, lacquer thinner due to high fermentation temperatures.
Sour/Acidic - Pungent, tart aroma, sharpness of taste on sides of tongue. Can be sharp and clean (lactic acid), vinegar-like (acetic acid), or lemony (citric acid). Cause - bacteria or the use of citric acid.
Sweet - Basic taste associated with sugar. Sensation experienced on front tip of tongue.
Sulfurlike (H2S; hydrogen sulfide) - Aroma like rotten eggs, burning matches. Is a byproduct with certain strains of yeast. Diminishes with age. Most evident with bottle-conditioned beer.
Vegetal - Cooked, canned, or rotten vegetable aroma and flavor.
Yeasty - Yeastlike flavor. Often due to strains of yeast in suspension or beer sitting on sediment too long.

The Beer Flavor Wheel

The Beer Flavor Wheel was developed by Dr. Morton Meilgaard and is the flavor
analysis standard for the European Brewery Convention, the American Society
of Brewing Chemists, and the Master Brewers Association of the Americas.