Exam Focus
- Separate aroma, taste, mouthfeel, appearance, finish, and aftertaste during evaluation.
- Connect sensory descriptors to compounds, process causes, style fit, and service or storage conditions.
- Practice both consumer-focused and technical descriptions.
What to study
Build working knowledge of vicinal diketones as it appears in the Advanced Cicerone® syllabus, including the vocabulary, decision points, and quality implications that surround it.
Advanced application
Practice explaining vicinal diketones in realistic service, sensory, brewing, style, or pairing scenarios. Strong answers should identify the relevant variables, describe the likely outcome, and justify the recommended action or comparison.
Key Terms
- Vicinal diketones
- Advanced Cicerone® syllabus topic III.C.6 under Specific beer flavor compounds.
- Specific beer flavor compounds
- Syllabus grouping for vicinal diketones within Beer Flavor and Evaluation.